Care home resident Manitoba’s 21st coronavirus death

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Manitoba has reported its 21st death linked to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The man in his 70s was a resident of Winnipeg’s Parkview Place long-term care home, officials said Friday. He is the second Parkview resident to die of COVID-19 complications.

On Thursday, chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin reported 19 confirmed cases at the care home operated by Revera Inc., including three staff and 16 residents.

There were 43 new COVID-19 cases reported Friday in Manitoba, including 29 in the Winnipeg region, seven in Prairie Mountain, six in Interlake-Eastern, and one in Southern Health.

There were no new cases reported in Northern Health, where the community of York Factory so far has been successful in limiting the spread of the virus in the remote First Nation. A resident returned home last week with the virus after receiving health care in Winnipeg, leading to a cluster of seven cases and a community lockdown.

Manitoba has 652 active cases, including 560 in Winnipeg. In the capital region, most cases are in River East (122), followed by downtown (105), Seven Oaks (58), Fort Garry (53), River Heights (45), St. Boniface (35), St. Vital (33), Assiniboine-South (29), St. James-Assiniboia (29), Point Douglas (24), Transcona (13), Inkster (10), and “unknown” (four).

Eighteen Manitobans are in hospital with COVID-19; seven in intensive care. In Winnipeg, six are hospitalized, with two in intensive care.

On Thursday, 1,454 laboratory tests were completed in the province.

Health officials warned the public Friday of possible coronavirus exposures at a city school, as well as a pair of daycares in Winnipeg and a Dauphin restaurant:

— Hugh John Macdonald School, Sept 28: assessed to be low risk and the infection is not believed to have been acquired at the school;

— Lindenwoods Child Care Centre, Sept. 23-25 and 28-29: a cohort is self-isolating, assessed to be low risk and not believed to have been acquired at the centre;

— Les enfants précieux child-care centre: assessed to be low risk;

— Bar Red Sea (268 Portage Ave.), late night Sept 19;

— Polo Park shopping centre, Sept. 19; visits to Foot Locker in late morning, Famous Wok at lunchtime;

— Boston Pizza (1450 Main St. S., Dauphin), Sept. 13.

Public health officials have declared the COVID-19 outbreak over at the Fairview Personal Care Home in Brandon.

A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at the Carberry Personal Care Home in Carberry, which is moving to “critical” (red) pandemic response restrictions.

carol.sanders@freepress.mb.ca