342 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths since Friday in Manitoba
CTV
Manitoba’s COVID-19 five day test positivity rate jumped almost three quarters of a per cent on Monday as the province reports 342 new COVID-19 cases since Friday.
Another Manitoba school has been moved to the restricted (orange) level on the province’s Pandemic Response System with non-immunized students now self-isolating.
This is affecting the Grade 11/12 class at École Régionale Notre-Dame, located in Notre Dame de Lourdes.
This comes as Manitoba’s COVID-19 test rate test positivity rate jumped almost three-quarters of a per cent with the province reporting 342 cases since Friday, along with two deaths.
The five-day test positivity now sits at 4.6 per cent in the province and 1.6 per cent in Winnipeg.
One of the deaths was a man in his 70s from the Prairie Mountain health region reported on Saturday and is linked to an outbreak at the Benito Personal Care Home and an unspecified variant of concern. The other death is a woman in her 70s from the Northern Health Region.
The province also provided info on the two deaths reported Friday. The deaths are a woman and man, both in their 60s, from the Southern Health Region. The man’s death is linked to an unspecified variant.
Of the new cases, 97 were reported on Saturday, 149 were reported on Sunday with another 96 cases reported on Monday.
