COVID-19 have died, and health officials say one of the victims had been infected with the B.1.1.7 variant of concern, first identified in the United Kingdom.It’s the third day in a row a death has been linked to the more-contagious strain of the virus in Manitoba and comes as the province added 272 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday.
Manitoba drops COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to 45, everyone 12 and up likely eligible by May 21: official The province’s latest fatalities are a man in his 60s and a woman in her 70s, both from the Winnipeg Health region.