Manitoba reported 40 new cases of the new coronavirus on Friday, equaling the province’s record of maximum cases reported in a day without getting married.
The province has noticed so many proven and probable new laboratory bodies since April 2.
The COVID-19 news reported in Manitoba on Friday brings the province’s total number since March to 643.
Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s director of public health, says 25 of the cases are from the Prairie Mountain Health area in southern Manitoba and 10 in Winnipeg.
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He said initial investigations show that most of the Prairie Mountain cases are connected to an ongoing outbreak in Brandon, where he says there have been early symptoms of network transmission.
Roussin said 39 employees of the Maple Leaf red meat processing plant in Brandon tested positive for the virus, but said there’s still no indication that it’s spreading at the facility.
Regarding the 10 cases in Winnipeg, where 27 new cases have been known since Tuesday, Roussin said many appear to be similar to travel or close contact with a known case, he also said there was evidence of network spread in manitoba’s largest city.
Roussin said people are losing sight of the fundamentals that kept the number of COVID-19 cases low in Manitoba, which had gone nearly half the month of July without a single case reported.
“We’ve noticed this expansion in instances, and we know that many of them are similar to other instances or clusters, but we see evidence of network transmission,” he said, adding that researchers were seeing an increasing number of contacts. for those who tested positive.
“We saw instances prior to this month that had more than 25 touches, so those are indications that we’re starting to lose track of our basics, that case has a little more touch than before, c is a smart reminder of we want to go back to basics.
“Stay home when you are sick, even if you have mild symptoms, practice smart hand hygiene, don’t share pieces with others, and practice physical distance.
Manitoba Liberal Party leader Dougald Lamont said Friday’s case count showed the province’s efforts against the virus were working.
“Dr. Roussin has said that we have let go of the fundamentals, but is not mandating any further restriction,” he said in a statement.
“It is not enough to ‘go back to basics’ when there are other people in Manitoba who have never accepted the basics.
“There are people across Manitoba who refuse to take COVID-19 seriously, refuse to wear masks, and who have ignored public health orders. The Premier is one of them.”
As of Friday morning, Manitoba had 246 known active cases, with nine other people in the hospital, 3 of whom were in intensive care with the virus. Eight inhabitants of Manitoba have died by COVID-19 since the first case reported in the province in March and 389 have recovered.
Manitoba has now equaled our worst day for new instances of COVID. 40 new cases reported today. – in total now 643 – 246 active instances – nine hospitalizations, 3 in ICU – 110.4nine2 tests performed – 2,288 tests ended yesterday
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Manitoba also reported the number of tests completed in a day without getting married on Thursday (2,288), bringing the total number of tests completed since the beginning of February to 110,492.
Public health officials warned Friday of three recent potential exposures to COVID-19 including one at the Minnedosa Hospital Aug. 10.
They say other displays can be imagined at Sobey’s on 18th Street in Brandon on August 7 and at Cartwright Town and Country Golf Club, west of Cartwright, Man. August 9.
Authorities say the threat of transmission is low, yet anyone who is on site on specified days deserves to be tested if symptoms appear.
The new instances come after the province revealed more main points about plans to return to scholarly elegance in September on Thursday.
The province says the majority of Prairie Mountain Health instances are connected to instances reported in the past in Brandon, with early symptoms of network transmission.
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Under the plan, the mask will be “highly recommended” but not required for academics and when schools reopen in Manitoba on September 8.
As a component of the practical rules and protocols unveiled Thursday, is that students in grades five through 12, as well as staff and others in schools, wear non-medical masks in non-unusual spaces and there. where physical distance is not possible.
The province says more young students can also wear non-medical masks if they or their parents or guardians wish, however the mask cannot be worn by anyone who cannot remove it without help or through a person with disabilities. breathing difficulties
All students in fifth grade and older, as well as bus drivers, will be required to wear masks on school buses.
While other jurisdictions in Canada have made wearing a mask mandatory in public, Roussin has so far not implemented orders in Manitoba.
But Roussin in the past wore a mask indoors, especially when physical distance is not possible, which he reiterated on Friday.
“I think all Manitobaans make sure they have access to the mask if they can,” he said.
“But increasingly, in those closed public places, when we cannot be sure that we can physically move away, put on a mask.”
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