There are new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Wednesday, according to a provincial press release.
This brings the total number of active instances in the province to 404, while another 945 people have recovered.
Of the new cases, 14 are in Winnipeg, one at Prairie Mountain Health and one in the Southern Health Region.
Public fitness officials say several of Winnipeg’s instances are close contacts of known instances and are connected to any existing outbreaks.
The existing five-day COVID-19 positivity rate, a moving average of positive s, is 1. 3%.
The Northern Health Region showed physical care at the Northern Lights Manor non-public care home in Flin Flon, Man. It tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend.
“The employee without delay began to isolate himself and is recovering at home. It was shown that the employee did not perform any shifts in the infectious period,” said a spokesman for the fitness region.
Visits are suspended at the non-public care home, the threat to citizens and staff is “extremely low,” the spokesman said.
Officials also warn of conceivable exposure to COVID-19 that could possibly have occurred at a Tim Hortons in Winnipeg earlier this month.
The exhibition was held at the corner of Portage Avenue at Westwood Drive between September 2-5 at the following times, depending on the province:
The threat of contracting the virus is low, but officials ask who has been there to be conscious and get tested if symptoms spread.
One of Brandon’s two COVID-19 screening sites, the Keystone Center site, will be closed permanently this weekend. Those to be reviewed are suggested to the Brandon Center site after Saturday.
On Tuesday, 653 tests were completed, bringing the total number of laboratory tests performed since early February to 149,188.
Dr. Brent Roussin, the province’s leading public fitness officer, announced 11 new cases on Tuesday, as an increasing number of cases as a result of outbreaks in the province’s non-public care homes and physical care centers.
A COVID-19 outbreak in March at the Winnipeg Health Sciences Center was reported to have resulted in the deaths of two patients.
The deaths were revealed in an epidemiological report that ended in July but was released last week, nearly five months after the outbreak.
As of Wednesday, Canada had 133,897 displayed and suspected coronavirus cases, and the provinces and territories indexed 117,701 of them as recovered or resolved.
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