As Manitoba’s case numbers continue to climb, the entire province is being moved to critical (red) on the Pandemic Response System.
This comes on a day where health officials are reporting 384 new cases of COVID-19, and 5 more deaths due to the virus. There have been a total of 114 deaths.
The province’s most recent deaths are 3 women, all over the age of 80, a man in his 70’s from Winnipeg, and a man in his 70’s from the Southern Health region.
Today’s data shows:
- 26 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
- 41 cases in the Northern health region;
- 18 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- 83 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
- 216 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
There is a total of 8,878 cases province-wide, with 5,390 active and 3,374 recovered.
The following Parkland health districts have active cases: Swan River (9), Porcupine Mountain (3), Duck Mountain (2), Agassiz Mountain (1), Little Saskatchewan (6), Assessippi (6), Whitemud (14). Dauphin has 0 active cases while Brandon has 45.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern district has 72 active cases, and the Fisher/Peguis district has 192.
Health officials have identified a possible COVID exposure in Brandon at the Wheat City Medical Clinic on November 2nd from 10:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
There was also a potential exposure at Canadian Tire in Yorkton on November 6th from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Anyone that was at these locations is advised to self-monitor for symptoms, and seek testing if symptoms do develop.
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