Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world Friday – CBC

Ontario extends stay-at-home order, P.E.I. reports COVID-19 case in daycare worker

May 14, 2021

Manitoba reported a single-day high of 560 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, as the third wave of the pandemic showed no sign of abating in the province.

Even with three earlier cases removed due to data correction, the net increase surpassed the previous high of 546 cases last November.

“The key challenge we face now, as our numbers have risen, is that we have to get everybody vaccinated and we have to follow the public health rules and shorten the third wave,” Premier Brian Pallister said before Thursday’s numbers were released.

The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care remained at a record 62. The percentage of people testing positive, averaged over the previous five days, stood at 12 per cent provincially.

The three deaths reported Thursday came one day after Manitoba reached a grim milestone of 1,000 dead from COVID-19.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-may14-2021-1.6026417

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