Another 46 cases of the more contagious coronavirus variant of concern first detected in the U.K. have been identified in Manitoba, public health officials say. Manitoba is also reporting 116 more COVID-19 cases and three more deaths from the illness caused by the coronavirus. Most of the new cases are in the Winnipeg health region — 51 — and in the Northern Health region — 55. There are also five cases in the Southern Health region, three in the Prairie Mountain Health region and two in the Interlake-Eastern health region. The deaths announced Friday were a man in his 70s from the Interlake-Eastern health region, a man in his 60s from the Northern health region and a man in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region.

Source: CBC News March 26, 2021 14:17 UTC