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A 45-year-old inmate of the Headingley Correctional Centre has recently died as the result of an incident involving a number of corrections officers.

A 27-year-old Sandy Bay First Nation first nation man is facing a multitude of firearms and drug related charges after Portage la Prairie RCMP conducted a traffic stop, seizing firearms and open liquor in the process.

The Director and CEO of VIDO-InterVac says the biggest challenge in developing its new protein subunit COVID-19 vaccine has been the need to have the manufacturing of the materials for testing carried out at other facilities.

Manitoba reached a testing milestone this past weekend and has completed 500,000 tests for COVID-19 at provincial sites. The province’s testing strategy aims to protect Manitobans by quickly identifying positives and slowing the spread of the virus.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.2 per cent provincially and 3.9 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on February 14, 2021, 80 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case has been removed due to a data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 79 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 30,766.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is five per cent provincially and 3.8 per cent in Winnipeg.As of 9:30am on February 13, 2021, 100 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case has been removed due to a data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 99 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 30,687.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 4.8 per cent provincially and four per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on February 12, 2021, 81 new cases of the virus have been identified. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 30,588.

Manitobans will be able to get outside and try their luck ice fishing at many of Manitoba’s world-class lakes and rivers during this year’s Winter Family Fishing Weekend, running from Saturday, Feb. 13, to Monday, Feb. 15.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 4.9 per cent provincially and 3.9 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on February 11, 2021, 90 new cases of the virus have been identified. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 30,507.

The Manitoba government has agreed to purchase two million doses of a new, Canadian-researched and Manitoba-produced mRNA COVID-19 vaccine currently undergoing clinical trials to ensure Manitobans and Canadians have access to a secure supply of a promising new vaccine to protect them against current and future variants of the virus.