COVID-19 deaths had been stricken with more-contagious variants of concern.Two of the latest victims — a woman in her 60s from the Prairie Mountain Health region and a woman in her 60s from the Winnipeg Health region — are connected to the Alpha variant, first identified in the United Kingdom, according to a provincial release Friday.
Winnipeg anti-vaxxer arrested for trying to organize protest near upcoming Bomber game The third death, a man in his 80s from the Southern Health region, is linked to an unspecified variant, health officials said.Manitoba’s COVID-19 death toll now sits at 1,170.The province also announced 41 new COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing Manitoba’s total cases reported since March 2020 to 57,359.Health officials say.