Manitoba has reported its first death linked to the P1 coronavirus variant associated with Brazil. The woman who died was in her 70s and lived in the Winnipeg health region, the province said in a news release. The rest of the new cases are split between the Southern Health region (which posted 44), the Northern Health Region (26), the Interlake-Eastern health region (24) and the Prairie Mountain Health region (22). There are currently four Manitoba patients in hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont., and one each in hospitals in Sault Ste. Manitoba has now identified 47,977 COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year, including 41,965 people deemed recovered.

Source: CBC News May 22, 2021 17:31 UTC