Manitoba public health officials reported 65 new cases of COVID-19 in the province Saturday, 56 of which are in the Winnipeg health region.
Three health regions, Prairie Mountain, Interlake-Eastern and Southern, each had three cases.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 2.3 per cent, the province said in a news release.
Twelve people are currently in hospital with six in intensive care.
There are now 545 active COVID-19 cases in the province, 456 of which are in the Winnipeg region, according to provincial data.
Starting Monday, people in Winnipeg and 17 surrounding metropolitan communities are required to wear masks while in indoor public places as part of ratcheted-up public health restrictions.
Gathering sizes will be pared down to 10 people both indoors and outdoors.
The new rules come after the province announced Winnipeg, along with the municipalities surrounding the city, will move to a level orange restriction Monday, under Manitoba’s colour-coded pandemic response rating system.
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The new restrictions will be in place for at least four weeks, including Thanksgiving on Oct. 12, chief public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin said Friday.
As of Saturday morning, the total number of cases in Manitoba is 1,829.
The province also warned of possible COVID-19 exposures at four businesses in Winnipeg and one in Winkler in recent days:
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