Current Situation

NEW Last updated: August 29, 2020

Public health officials advise the current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 2.6 per cent and 55 new cases of the virus have been identified as of 9:30 a.m. today. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 1,151.

The data shows:

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

The data also shows:

• 444 active cases and 693 individuals have recovered from COVID-19; and
• the number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 14.

Due to data system upgrades this weekend, hospitalization and intensive care unit data will not be available on Saturday. It is expected this data will be available on Sunday.

Preliminary investigations show that 19 of the cases announced today are close contacts of previously-announced cases. Additional case investigations are continuing, and information will be updated when available.

Preliminary testing numbers show an additional 1,293 laboratory tests were completed on Friday, bringing the total number of tests completed since early February to 133,378.

Preliminary investigations indicate that a case previously identified in the Prairie Mountain Health region is a health care worker from the Hillcrest Place personal care home in Brandon. The individual wore personal protective equipment and is self-isolating. Close contacts have been identified and the case investigation is continuing.

This information has been shared with the families, staff and close contacts. While the risk is assessed to be low, the site has initiated outbreak protocols in an abundance of caution. This means the site is putting additional measures in place to further reduce the risk to residents and staff, and is restricting visitation at the facility. The site is also moving to critical (red) on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System.

NEW August 29, 2020 - COVID-19 Bulletin #171