Record setting COVID-19 numbers sees Manitoba enforce strictest measures to date.
First Nations in Manitoba continue to be hit by outbreaks of the COVID-19 pandemic as the province moves into what is known as a critical level red zone.
As of Wednesday, there are 6,030 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, 1,086 of them are among First Nations Peoples, 510 of those are on reserve and 576 are off reserve.
On Wednesday, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs announced four of the nine deaths reported in the province were First Nations. Two individuals on reserve and two off reserve.
It’s not clear which communities they were from.
The federal government has announced what they’re calling “surge capacity funding” for First Nations in the amount of $61 million, $38 million will go towards public health funds to assist all communities in their pandemic plans and $3 million will be allocated for direct help in personal care homes, including funding for additional staff and greater infection control prevention measures.
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