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As Manitoba recorded its 23rd death caused by COVID-19 and announced 36 new cases of the virus Sunday, some people spent hours waiting to be tested. 

By early afternoon, Winnipeggers were being turned away from some testing sites, while others faced long lineups and no guarantee they’d be tested before closing time. A new mobile testing site at 1181 Portage Ave., which opened last week, saw light traffic early after it opened Sunday morning, but it reached maximum capacity shortly after 1 p.m., and was shut down to incoming drivers nearly three hours before it was set to close for the day.

Crowd-sourced average wait times at COVID-19 testing sites

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As of 4 p.m. Sunday

604 St. Mary’s Road: 3 hours

1284 Main St.: 1 hour

2735 Pembina Highway: 1 hour

1181 Portage Ave: One user reported being turned away 

To see crowd-sourced testing site wait times and report your own, go to https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/covid-testing-sites/

The MPI drive-thru testing site at 1284 Main St. began redirecting people around 2 p.m., as a double lane of more than a dozen vehicles snaked around the building. Staff on site didn’t answer questions about wait times, but before the drive-thru was closed to new traffic, drivers were handed a list of addresses for other testing sites, and were told they had no guarantee of being tested that afternoon if they chose to wait in line.

On Sunday, provincial public-health officials announced a man in his 50s is Manitoba’s 23rd COVID-19-related fatality. They also warned of potential exposure to the virus in Little Grand Rapids First Nation, where several people tested positive after attending the community’s recreation centre from Sept. 24 to 27. It’s the second batch of confirmed positive cases of the virus in a Manitoba First Nations community, following positive results last weekend for a family in York Factory First Nation. After 19 new cases were reported at Little Grand Rapids, that community is now in lockdown, with public gatherings prohibited and restrictions in place that correspond with the red/critical phase in the provincial government’s pandemic response system.

New confirmed cases totalled 36 on Sunday, but four previously announced cases were determined to be false positives, which brings the total number of active cases in Manitoba to 696. Most of the cases announced Sunday — 23 — are in Winnipeg. Seven are in the Southern health region; five in Interlake-Eastern, and one in Prairie Mountain health region. On Saturday, 2,103 COVID-19 tests were completed across the province.

Public-health officials also warned Sunday that passengers on an Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Winnipeg may have been exposed to the virus on Sept. 27. They’re requiring passengers who were on flight 296 and sat in rows 27 to 31 to self-isolate for two weeks. Others who were on the flight but didn’t sit in those rows don’t need to self-isolate unless they develop symptoms, according to a provincial news release.

Meanwhile, several Winnipeg restaurants are reporting patrons may have been exposed to the virus. People should monitor for symptoms (and self-isolate and get tested if they have symptoms) after visiting Hooters Restaurant at 1501 St. Matthews Ave. on Sept. 24 from 4 to 11 p.m.; Bourbon Billiards at 241 Vaughan St. on Sept. 25 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; Earls Polo Park at 1455 Portage Ave. on Sept. 25 from 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.; Montana’s Polo Park at 665 Empress St. on Sept. 25 from 9 to 10 p.m.; and Crspy Bnch on 806 Sargent Ave. on Sept. 26 from 11 a.m. until noon.

 

 

katie.may@freepress.mb.ca
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Netflix on Thursday reported that its subscriber growth slowed dramatically during the summer, a sign the huge gains from the video-streaming service’s crackdown on freeloading viewers is tapering off.

The 5.1 million subscribers that Netflix added during the July-September period represented a 42% decline from the total gained during the same time last year. Even so, the company’s revenue and profit rose at a faster pace than analysts had projected, according to FactSet Research.

Netflix ended September with 282.7 million worldwide subscribers — far more than any other streaming service.

The Los Gatos, California, company earned $2.36 billion, or $5.40 per share, a 41% increase from the same time last year. Revenue climbed 15% from a year ago to $9.82 billion. Netflix management predicted the company’s revenue will rise at the same 15% year-over-year pace during the October-December period, slightly than better than analysts have been expecting.

The strong financial performance in the past quarter coupled with the upbeat forecast eclipsed any worries about slowing subscriber growth. Netflix’s stock price surged nearly 4% in extended trading after the numbers came out, building upon a more than 40% increase in the company’s shares so far this year.

The past quarter’s subscriber gains were the lowest posted in any three-month period since the beginning of last year. That drop-off indicates Netflix is shifting to a new phase after reaping the benefits from a ban on the once-rampant practice of sharing account passwords that enabled an estimated 100 million people watch its popular service without paying for it.

The crackdown, triggered by a rare loss of subscribers coming out of the pandemic in 2022, helped Netflix add 57 million subscribers from June 2022 through this June — an average of more than 7 million per quarter, while many of its industry rivals have been struggling as households curbed their discretionary spending.

Netflix’s gains also were propelled by a low-priced version of its service that included commercials for the first time in its history. The company still is only getting a small fraction of its revenue from the 2-year-old advertising push, but Netflix is intensifying its focus on that segment of its business to help boost its profits.

In a letter to shareholder, Netflix reiterated previous cautionary notes about its expansion into advertising, though the low-priced option including commercials has become its fastest growing segment.

“We have much more work to do improving our offering for advertisers, which will be a priority over the next few years,” Netflix management wrote in the letter.

As part of its evolution, Netflix has been increasingly supplementing its lineup of scripted TV series and movies with live programming, such as a Labor Day spectacle featuring renowned glutton Joey Chestnut setting a world record for gorging on hot dogs in a showdown with his longtime nemesis Takeru Kobayashi.

Netflix will be trying to attract more viewer during the current quarter with a Nov. 15 fight pitting former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson against Jake Paul, a YouTube sensation turned boxer, and two National Football League games on Christmas Day.

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