Thursday, September 24, 2020
IRTC UPDATE:
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 2.5 per cent and 37 new cases of the virus have been identified as of 9:30 a.m. today bringing the number of cases in Manitoba to 1,711.
Public health officials are also reporting one death today, a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at Parkview Place personal care home. This brings the total number of deaths to 19.
The data shows:
- one case in the Prairie Mountain Health region
- four cases in the Interlake-Eastern region
- two cases in the Southern Health region
- 30 cases in the Winnipeg health region
The data also shows:
- 449 active cases and 1,243 individuals have recovered from COVID-19
- there are 11 people in hospital and six people in intensive care
- the number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 19.
CASE INVESTIGATION UPDATE
Public health is advising of possible exposures to COVID-19 at the following sites on the dates and times:
- Grant Park High School in Winnipeg a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the school on Sept. 15, 16 and 17. Based on the public health investigations, the exposure was assessed to be low risk. The infection was not acquired at
- In addition, the Carberry Plains Health Centre has reopened, and has been moved from Critical (red) to Caution (yellow) on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System.
First Nations COVID-19 Pandemic Response Coordination Team- Sept.22, 2020 Update
The Manitoba First Nations COVID-19 Pandemic Response Coordination Team advise that, since the September 18th bulletin, seven (7) new First Nations COVID-19 cases were identified as of 7:00 am, Tuesday, September 22nd. The total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive First Nations cases in Manitoba has increased by 7, taking the total to 59 cases. 50 cases are off-reserve and 9 cases are on-reserve. The total number of recovered cases are now 24 and active cases are 35.
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