The province of Manitoba says a report {that a} man in his 20s died from COVID-19 final week was an error, and the person is definitely nonetheless alive.
The loss of life was reported final Friday, and would have been the youngest individual in Manitoba to die from the sickness for the reason that pandemic started.
Nevertheless, on Wednesday, the loss of life was moved from the province’s case record.
Chief Provincial Public Well being Officer Dr. Brent Roussin mentioned the mistaken report was as a consequence of a data-entry error. He mentioned the person in his 20s does have COVID-19, however he’s nonetheless alive and at the moment in isolation.
“I definitely apologize for any confusion that that had triggered,” Roussin mentioned at Wednesday’s COVID-19 media replace.
“We now have numerous safeguards on the information and reviewing of that knowledge, so I stay assured within the numbers that we obtain. And we’ve got a course of to overview and proper when wanted.”
The province introduced the COVID-19-related deaths of two different individuals below 40 final week — a lady in her 30s from the Interlake-Jap well being area, and a person in his 30s from the Winnipeg well being area.
On Wednesday, 349 new COVID-19 instances had been reported in Manitoba. 9 extra individuals have died of the sickness, the province mentioned, bringing the overall variety of COVID-19 deaths in Manitoba to 256.
