Tuesday, September 8th, 2020
IRTC UPDATE:
Public health officials advise the current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 1.3 per cent and 11 new cases of the virus have been identified as of 9:30 a.m. today. This brings the total number of cases in Manitoba to 1,349.
The data shows:
- one case in the Interlake-Eastern health region
- two cases in the Southern Health region
- eight cases in the Winnipeg health region
The data also shows:
- 393 active cases and 940 individuals have recovered from COVID- 19
- there are 13 people in hospital and three people in intensive care
- the number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 16.
The dashboard and Chart are updated daily at 1 p.m
Provincial News Conference UPDATE: September 8, 2020
- Public health officials will begin sharing more detailed geographical information about where COVID-19 cases are in the City of Winnipeg. The city will be broken down into 12 districts and that information will be available by the end of the
- Public health officials report that 7 of the 16 COVID-19 deaths are related to outbreaks at health care facilities- 4 at Bethesda Care Home; 2 at HSC; 1 at Poseidon Care
- Outbreaks at personal care homes and health-care centres in Manitoba continue to grow. In the last few weeks, outbreaks have been declared at:
- Bethesda Place personal care home in
- Rideau Park Personal Care Home in Brandon. Two workers at Rideau Park tested positive, up from one the week
- Hillcrest Place personal care home in Brandon. The outbreak has grown to four cases — two health-care workers and two residents — as of
- Fairview Personal Care Home in Brandon currently has three workers who are sick, up from two on
- Fred Douglas Lodge personal care home in
- Beacon Hill Lodge personal care home in Winnipeg. The outbreak at Beacon Hill Lodge in Winnipeg has grown from one staff member with COVID-19 to
- Concordia Place personal care home in
IRTC in-office essential services schedule:
All IRTC Staff are available continuously via cellphone and email
