Current Situation
NEW Last updated: July 27, 2020
Public health officials advise the current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 0.45 per cent. Sixteen new cases of the virus have been identified since Saturday, including four on Saturday, six on Sunday and six as of 9:30 a.m. today. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba to 400.
The data shows that there were:
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four new cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region;
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four new cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
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four new cases in the Winnipeg health region; and
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four new cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region.
Case investigations are ongoing. When completed, additional information will be provided as needed to inform people of any public health risks.
The data also shows:
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three current hospitalizations, with two individuals in intensive care,
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74 active cases and 319 individuals have recovered from COVID-19, and
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the number of deaths due to COVID-19 remains at seven.
An additional 1,393 laboratory tests were completed on Friday, 1,581 on Saturday and 808 on Sunday, bringing the total number of tests completed since early February to 84,967.
NEW July 27, 2020 - COVID-19 Bulletin #141
