COVID-19 cases since December and four additional deaths Thursday.The 363 new cases mark the first time the province has seen a daily case count over 300 since early January, and is the highest one-day jump in cases since mid-December, when the province was under a strict lockdown meant to protect an overloaded health-care system.
COVID-19: Winnipeg parent applauds approval of Pfizer vaccine for youth aged 12 to 15 The province says all but one of the four deaths reported Thursday are linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern, first identified in the United Kingdom.The latest victims include a man and woman in their 50s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, a man in his 60s from the Winnipeg Health region, and a woman in her 70s, also.