Public health officials identified 36 new cases of COVID-19 in their update on Sunday afternoon.
Two of those cases are in the Dauphin health district where there's been a total of 7 cases; two of which are considered active, while the other 5 are listed as recovered.
There are now 697 total confirmed and probable cases in Manitoba, with 205 cases considered active, and 483 cases listed as recovered. Two previously announced cases have been removed after public health investigations.
9 new cases are in the Prairie Mountain Health region, with 21 from the southern health region. One new case is in the Interlake–Eastern Health region, and 1 is from the Winnipeg health region.
There are currently 9 people in hospital because of the virus, with three people in intensive care.
This follows a Saturday update where 20 new cases were announced in the province, along with Manitoba’s ninth death related to COVID-19.
Testing numbers show an additional 1,669 laboratory tests were completed on Saturday, bringing the total number of tests completed since early February to 113,952.
Unless recommended by public health, only individuals experiencing COVID-19 symptoms should go for testing. Individuals with symptoms are asked to seek testing as soon as possible once symptoms are present.
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