Current Situation
NEW Last updated: August 4, 2020
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 0.46 per cent. Twenty-seven new cases of the virus have been identified since Saturday, including two on Saturday, eighteen on Sunday, five on Monday and two as of 9:30 a.m. today. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba to 442.
On Monday, one case was removed as it was a duplicate and from another jurisdiction.
The data shows there were:
- 10 new cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- two new cases in Interlake-Eastern Health region;
- 12 new cases in Southern Health-Sante Sud; and
- three new cases in the Winnipeg 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:
- nine current hospitalizations, with four individuals in intensive care,
- 94 active cases and 341 individuals have recovered from COVID-19, and
- the number of deaths due to COVID-19 is eight.
An additional 1,803 laboratory tests were completed on Friday, 1,354 on Saturday, 1,090 on Sunday, 1,034 on Monday bringing the total number of tests completed since early February to 93,995.
NEW August 04, 2020 - COVID-19 Bulletin #146
