The province added 39 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, and also reported another death.
Manitoba’s 20th death related to COVID-19 is a man in his 70’s from the Prairie Mountain Health region.
None of Monday’s cases are in the Prairie Mountain Health region.
Seven new cases are in the Interlake–Eastern health region, 7 are in the Northern health region, 3 cases in Southern Health, and 22 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
As cases surge in Winnipeg, the city and surrounding area have been elevated to orange on the Pandemic Response System.
Chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin says the new targeted restrictions (requiring masks in indoor public spaces, 10 person limit on all gatherings) are meant to slow the spread of the virus, and points to the recent success bringing down case numbers in Prairie Mountain Health.
There are 618 active cases in Manitoba, with 1,281 individuals listed as recovered.
There are 13 people in hospital, and 7 are in intensive care.
Manitoba Health Minister Cameron Friesen says Dynacare has been enlisted to provide additional capacity for screening sites in the province — something he says will be for the benefit of all Manitobans.
“We made a commitment to expand screening sites and there’s a lot of work that is going into making sure we have the proper screening site capacity in place. Later this week we’ll be opening the first of these additional screening sites,” said Friesen.
The online assessment tool can be found here, and a list of COVID-19 symptoms can be found here.
