COVID-19 have died and health officials say 26 more people have been infected with the virus.All three of Manitoba’s latest deaths are linked to more contagious variants of concern, the province said Wednesday.
Manitoba to scale back hours at COVID-19 vaccine super sites Two women, one in her 50s from the Interlake-Eastern Health region and another in her 70s from the Northern Health region, had been stricken with the Alpha variant, first identified in the United Kingdom, before their deaths, and the death of a man in his 80s from the Southern-Health region is linked to an unspecified variant strain.Health officials say Manitoba currently has 497 active COVID-19 cases, and well over half — 304 infections — are variants of concern (VOC).A.