Current Situation

NEW Last updated: August 10, 2020

Public health officials advise the current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 1.59 per cent. Sixteen new cases of the virus have been identified as of 9:30 a.m. today. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba to 558.

The data shows there were:

• 11 new cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region; and
• five new cases in the Southern Health - Santé Sud health region.

While many of today's cases appear to be linked to known clusters in Brandon and the Southern Health - Santé Sud health region or are close contacts of a previously-announced case, preliminary information suggests that there may be a small number of cases of unknown acquisition in these areas.

Case investigations are ongoing to determine possible COVID-19 exposures. When the investigations are completed, additional information will be provided as needed to inform people of any public health risks.

The data also shows:

• six current hospitalizations, with three individuals in intensive care;
• 196 active cases and 354 individuals have recovered from COVID-19; and
• the number of deaths due to COVID-19 remains at eight.

Preliminary testing numbers show an additional 1,364 laboratory tests were completed on Sunday, bringing the total number of tests completed since early February to 103,782.

NEW August 10, 2020 - COVID-19 Bulletin #152