Manitoba Public Health Officials have announced 15 new cases of COVID-19.
The total number of cases in the province is now 182. Nine people are ins hospital, 6 are in intensive care. There have been two deaths in Manitoba related to COVID-19.
In the Prairie Mountain Health region, there is a total of 12 cases.
PMH says there were 16 people tested yesterday at the drive-thru screening site in Dauphin. A total of 39 people have been tested for COVID-19 at this location. When you include the testing sites in Brandon, there have been a total of 278 people tested in PMH Region.
Chief public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin has indicated that anyone who’s had close, prolonged contact with someone who has tested positive will be contacted by public health.
Specific information, such as the location of a positive case, will only be officially released if public health believe that it would help people better address their public health risk.
Any person concerned about their exposure to or risk of having COVID-19 should call Health Links–Info Santé at 204-788-8200 or (toll-free) at 1-888-315-9257 to be screened to see if a test is required.
For more information and to access the online screening tool for COVID-19, visit www.manitoba.ca/covid19.
