Public Health officials have announced 2 new cases of COVID-19 today.
However, it was also announced that 2 previous cases have now been ruled out.
The number of positive and presumptive positive cases in the province remains at 246.
There has been an additional case announced in the Prairie Mountain Health Region, bringing the total number of cases to 12.
An additional COVID-19 related death has been confirmed, bringing the total number of deaths in the province to 5.
108 people have recovered from the virus, and 9 people are currently being hospitalized.
Public Health official Dr. Brent Roussin says that we should continue social distancing measures, but remain optimistic.
“We need to address these next couple of critical weeks in this outbreak. Then we can start to look at the possibilities of loosening some of these measures. We know we are going to be dealing with this virus going forward for quite some time, but not necessarily to the degree of what we’re looking at it right now so I think we should be optimistic.”
To find the most up to date information about COVID-19, and to access the online screening tool, visit Manitoba.ca/covid-19.
