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Current Situation
NEW Last updated: August 30, 2020
Public health officialsadvise the current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 2.2 per cent and 35 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 1,186.
The data shows:
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one new case in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
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12 new cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
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five new cases in Southern Health-Santé Sud; and
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17 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
The data also shows:
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462 active cases and 710 individuals have recovered from COVID-19; and
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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 today. It is expected this data will be available on Monday.
Preliminary investigations show that eight 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 1,542 laboratory tests were completed on Saturday, bringing the total number of tests completed since early February to 134,920.
Case investigations indicate three cases previously identified in the Prairie Mountain Health region are linked to a unit on the second floor of the Assiniboine building of the Brandon Regional Health Centre in Brandon. This information has been shared with families and staff. Close contacts are being identified and the case investigations are continuing.
While the risk is assessed to be low, the site has initiated outbreak protocols on the second floor of the Assiniboine Building in an abundance of caution. This means the site is putting additional measures in place on the second floor of the Assiniboine building of the Brandon Regional Health Centre to further reduce the risk to residents and staff, and is restricting visitation. The second floor of the Assiniboine building is moving to Critical (red) on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System.
NEW August 30, 2020 - COVID-19 Bulletin #172
