Provincial News Archives

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 11.2 per cent provincially and 10.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 31, 2020, 187 new cases of the virus have been identified, which brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 24,700.

Between December 21 and 27, Manitoba RCMP issued a total of 193 warnings and 58 tickets related to COVID-19 enforcement, the majority related to private gatherings.

Immunization clinics are underway at the University of Manitoba’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences on the Bannatyne campus until December 31, 2020. All available appointments have been booked and approximately 2,900 immunizations have been given since the vaccine arrived in Manitoba earlier this month.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 12.6 per cent provincially and 11.9 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 30, 2020, 130 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases were removed due to data correction and brings the net new cases to 128 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 24,513.

Thompson RCMP are asking the public for any information into the whereabouts of a missing man from Pukatawagan, 43-year-old Scott Andrew Nicholas.

Manitoba Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre has released the 2020 Fall Conditions Report that indicates soil moisture levels before freeze-up are normal to below normal in most Manitoba basins.

While the COVID pandemic disrupted much of normal goings-on in our province, fraudsters didn’t miss a beat in their efforts to defraud Manitoba Public Insurance and its customers. This year’s Top 5 Fraud list highlights bogus claims, the effective use of forensic tools and astute MPI staff.

Immunization clinics are underway at the University of Manitoba’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences on the Bannatyne campus Dec. 29 to 31. All available appointments have been booked, and approximately 2,477 immunizations have been given since the vaccine arrived in Manitoba earlier this month.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 12.4 per cent provincially and 12.1 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 29, 2020, 133 new cases of the virus have been identified, which brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 24,385.

The Chair of Manitoba Pork says, despite the challenges caused by COVID-19, public outreach will remain a top priority during 2021.