Trends of COVID-19 incidence in Manitoba and public health measures: March 2020 to February 2022.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The increasing spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 has prompted Canada to take unprecedented measures. The objective of this study was to examine the impact of the implemented public health measures on the incidence of COVID-19 in Manitoba.

Results

Using the COVID-19 dataset, we examined the temporal trends of daily reported COVID-19 cases and the coinciding public health measures implemented from March 12, 2020 to February 28, 2022. We calculated the 7-day moving average and crude COVID-19 infection rate/100,000 Manitobans. Due to the restrictions applied, the infection rate decreased from 2.4 (April 1) to 0.07 infections (May 1, 2020). Between May 4 and July 17, 2020, the reported cases stabilized, and some restrictions were lifted. However

SUBMITTER: Aboulatta L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9088149 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature