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Manitoba could be looking at stronger restrictions as province announces 114 new COVID-19 cases

Manitoba Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin reported 114 new cases of COVID-19 this afternoon, bringing the five day test positivity rate up to 6.2 percent.  He reported no additional deaths. 

 

Of the new cases, 62 are in the Winnipeg region, 36 in Northern health, and single digits in other regions. 

 

Roussin says public health orders must be followed to keep numbers down.  He explains they have seen the early stages of a wave, they’ve tried to message how important it is for people to follow the fundamentals to reduce the amount of contacts. But what they’ve seen in their contact tracing is just increasing numbers of contacts of cases, increasing issues with gatherings especially in private residences, increasing issues with returned travelers who don’t isolate as per the order now resulting in many other households as contacts.

 

Roussin adds we know what to do and if we don’t act now we’ll be back to much stricter restrictions very soon including possibly outdoor mask use and reduced gathering numbers. 

 

Confirmed cases now total 35 ,327, and 1, 370 are active with variants of concern case numbers not released today.

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