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…

August 18, 2020 IRTC UPDATE: Public health officials advising a tenth and eleventh death related to COVID-19 have been reported, both in the Southern Health region. A male in his 80s from the Hanover health district and a male in his 90s from the Niverville/Ritchot health district. These are previously announced cases connected to known…

August 17, 2020 IRTC UPDATE: Public health officials advise the current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 1.78 per cent. Thirty-eight new cases of the virus have been identified as of 9:30 a.m. today. In addition, four other cases have been removed from the list. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable…

August 14, 2020 IRTC UPDATE: Public health officials advise the current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 1.25 per cent. Forty 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 643. The data shows that there…

August 13, 2020 IRTC UPDATE: Public health officials advise the current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 1.19 per cent. Twenty-five 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 603. The data shows that…