August 6, 2020

IRTC UPDATE:

Public health officials advise the current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 0.90 per cent. Thirty 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 474.

• The data shows that there were:
  • 18 new cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
  • 11 new cases in the Southern Health region
  • one new case in the Winnipeg health region

• The data also shows:
  • Ten current hospitalizations, with five individuals in intensive care
  • 118 active cases and 348 individuals have recovered from COVID- 19
  • the number of deaths due to COVID-19 is eight

Public health officials advise that 18 of the 30 new cases are related to the cluster outbreak at the Maple Leaf processing plant in Brandon. 25 out of the 30 cases are epilinked to travel or cluster outbreaks. 5 cases of the 30 new cases are unknown transmission with further investigation underway.

Public health officials are advising that potential exposure to COVID-19 may have occurred on Air Canada flight AC 8595 from Montreal to Winnipeg (rows 16 to 22) on July

Additional information about flights and affected rows is updated at manitoba.ca/covid19/flights.html when available.

The dashboard and graphs are updated Monday to Friday at 1 p.m. Data from the weekend will be updated on the following Monday.

IRTC in-office essential services schedule:

All IRTC Staff are in-office daily at the Pinaymootang Head office and at the Headingley Sub-office.

If you are using gloves or masks, please discard these items accordingly.