Provincial Response Level: CAUTION

COVID-19 is still a threat across Manitoba, however transmission levels are low. The Chief Provincial Public Health Officer has set the response level to yellow.

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Current Situation

NEW Last updated: October 29, 2020

Public health officials advise one additional death due to COVID-19 have been reported, a male in his 80s from Southern health and is not linked to any current outbreaks.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 7.8 per cent and 193 new cases of the virus have been identified as of 9:30 a.m. which brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 4,894.

Today’s data shows:

21 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
ten cases in the Northern health region;
four cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
19 cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
139 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:

2,409 active cases and 2,423 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
there are 97 people in hospital and 17 people in intensive care; and
the number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 62.

Laboratory testing numbers show 3,375 tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February to 251,461. Case investigations continue and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.

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Public health advises that outbreaks have been declared at;

the medicine unit of Bethesda Regional Health Centre, Steinbach; and
the KeKiNan Centre Inc, Winnipeg.

All units and facilities have been moved to Critical (red) on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System.

Public health advises that an outbreak has been declared at College Louis-Riel. There are seven cases linked to the school and 10 cohorts are self-isolating as well as other staff and students. The transmission sources are being investigated. The decision has been made to move the whole school to remote learning. The school has been moved to orange on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System.

All other possible exposure locations are listed online by region at the province’s #RestartMB Pandemic Response System webpage. For up-to-date information on possible public exposures to COVID-19 in regions, visit: https://www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/updates/flights.html#event and click on your region.

The chief provincial public health officer urges Manitobans to not socialize with people from outside their household, to cut down the number of close contacts, and avoid closed-in or crowded spaces. In addition, they should focus on these fundamentals to help stop the spread of COVID-19:

Stay home if you are sick.
Wash/sanitize your hands and cover your cough.
Physically distance when you are with people outside your household.
If you cannot physically distance, wear a mask to help reduce the risk to others or as required by public health orders.

Public health guidance for Halloween trick-or-treating has been developed. If people do choose to participate in trick-or-treating this year, information is available on how to do it safely at: https://manitoba.ca/covid19/halloween.html.

Unless recommended by public health officials, only individuals experiencing COVID-19 symptoms should go for testing. Individuals with symptoms are asked to seek testing as soon as possible once symptoms are present. Employers are asked to only send employees for testing if they have symptoms or if testing has been recommended by public health officials.

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