Manitoba’s daily count of COVID-19 cases has risen to more than 100 for the first time in days, with 122 net-new cases reported by the province Wednesday afternoon.
Public health officials said three more Manitobans with COVID-19 have died, all from the Alpha variant — two men in their 60s and one in his 70s.
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The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 7.1 per cent provincially and 6.6 per cent in Winnipeg.
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Wednesday’s data shows 64 new cases in the Winnipeg health region, 22 in the Northern region, 16 in Southern Health-Santé Sud, 12 in Interlake-Eastern, and nine in the Prairie Mountain health region.
Manitoba is currently facing 1,768 active cases, with 52,668 people who have recovered from COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.
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