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WINNIPEG -- The death toll in Manitoba continues to climb, as health officials announced five new deaths. One of the deaths is a woman in her 40s from the Northern Health Region. This is the first COVID-19 death reported by the province from that region. The other deaths include a woman in her 60s from the Interlake-Eastern Health Region and three people from the Winnipeg Health Region, two men in their 90s, one connected to the Maples outbreak, and the other connected to the outbreak at the Victoria General Hospital. The last death was a woman in her 90s also linked to the Victoria General Hospital outbreak.
The five-day test positivity rate is 9.1 per cent and there have been 7,419 cases of COVID since early March.23 cases in the Northern Health Region;52 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud Health Region; andThere are 4,286 active cases and 3,037 people have recovered.On Thursday, 2,212 tests were performed, bringing the total to 275,342 since early February.
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