Monday, August 31st, 2020 IRTC UPDATE: Public health officials advise the current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 2.1 per cent and 28 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 1,214. The data shows that there were: 2…
Public health officials advise the current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 2.3 per cent and 32 new cases of the virus have been identified today as of 9:30 a.m. today. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 1,096. The data shows that there were: 1 new case in Interlake-Eastern Regional…
Thursday, August 27th, 2020 IRTC UPDATE: Public health officials advise the current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is three per cent. The trend in the current five-day test positive rate is affected by positive results related to targeted testing in known clusters. Twenty-two new cases of the virus have been identified today as of 9:30a.m.…
Correction of earlier IRTC press release Court issues injunction against Government of Manitoba August 27, 2020 – On Thursday, August 20, 2020, Justice Lanchbery of the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench issued an interlocutory injunction against the Government of Manitoba halting work on an access road and other activites related to the proposed Outlet Channels…
Wednesday, August 26th, 2020 IRTC UPDATE: Public health officials advise the current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 3.1 per cent. Twenty-five new cases of the virus have been identified today as of 9:30 a.m. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 1,043. The data shows that there were: 1 new…
Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 IRTC UPDATE: Public health officials advise a thirteenth death related to COVID-19 has been reported, a female in her 90s from the Steinbach health district in the Southern Health-Santé Sud region. This is a previously announced case connected to a known outbreak at Bethesda Place. The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity…
Monday, August 24th, 2020 IRTC UPDATE: Public health officials advise that the current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 2.9 per cent. Forty-nine new cases of the virus have been identified as of 9:30 a.m. today, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 993. The data shows that there were: 35 new…
August 21, 2020 IRTC UPDATE: Public health officials advise that the current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 2 per cent. Thirty-four new cases of the virus have been identified as of 9:30 a.m. today, bringing the total number of lab- confirmed cases in Manitoba to 830. The data shows that there were: 5 new…
August 20, 2020 IRTC UPDATE: Public health officials advise that the current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 1.9 per cent. Thirty-three new cases of the virus have been identified as of 9:30 a.m. today, bringing the total number of lab- confirmed cases in Manitoba to 796. The data shows that there were: 17 new…
August 19, 2020 IRTC UPDATE: Public health officials advise a twelfth death related to COVID-19 has been reported, a male in his 60s from the Southern Health region. This is a previously announced case connected to a known cluster. The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 1.6 per cent. Fifteen new cases of the…