Manitoba has once again set a daily record for new COVID-19 cases with 173 cases announced Thursday.
The Dauphin health district now has two active cases, with 7 previous cases listed as recovered. This follows news of a confirmed case at Gilbert Plains Elementary.
In a release, the Mountain View School Division advised the individual attended the school on Thursday, October 8 and Friday, October 9 — and it’s believed the infection was not acquired there.
The COVID-19 testing site in Dauphin will change locations starting Friday October 16. The testing site at the Dauphin Community Health Services Building parking lot will cease operations at 3 p.m. today. A new indoor walk-up testing site will open tomorrow Friday, Oct. 16 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at 301 Main St. North (former Potoski Medical Clinic building).
The hours of operation will remain the same as they were at the previous site, which are Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with it being closed for one hour at lunch.
Health officials also reported the province’s 38th death due to COVID-19, a man in his 40s with underlying health conditions from the Southern Health region.
Manitoba’s total number of cases is now 3,098.
Today’s data shows:
• six cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
• three cases in the Northern health region;
• eight cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• 23 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
• 133 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
There are 1,527 active cases and 1,533 individuals recovered from COVID-19.
There are 25 people in hospital and five people in intensive care.
The following Parkland health districts have active cases: Dauphin (2 active cases), Asessippi (1), Little Saskatchewan (1), and Whitemud (2).
Brandon currently has 12 active cases.
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