Health officials in Manitoba are reporting 54 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.
Today’s data shows:
• two cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• five cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region
• seven cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 40 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
In the Parkland area, there are active cases in Asessippi (1), Little Saskatchewan (1), and the Whitemud health district (4 cases).
There are no active cases in the following health districts: Dauphin, Riding Mountain, Duck Mountain, Porcupine Mountain, and Agassiz Mountain.
The entire Prairie Mountain Health region has 18 active cases; Brandon has eight active cases.
The total number of cases identified in Manitoba is now 2,578.
There are 1,063 active cases in the province, with 913 in the Winnipeg area. Health officials report there are 24 people in hospital with 4 in intensive care.
The number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 32.
Testing for COVID-19 is available on Thanksgiving Monday at community testing sites in Winnipeg, Brandon, Selkirk, Eriksdale, Powerview–Pine Falls, Winkler, Steinbach, and Portage la Prairie. Click here for more information.
This past week, the Manitoba government extended the province-wide state of emergency — which went into effect at 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9 for a period of 30 days.
