Today Manitoba public health officials announced one additional case of COVID-19.
The new case brings the total number of lab-confirmed and probable cases to 272. There are 61 active cases, while 205 individuals have recovered from the virus.
Seven individuals are currently hospitalized, and two of them are in intensive care. The number of deaths due to COVID-19 remains at six.
There remains a total of 14 cases identified in the Prairie Mountain Health region.
(graph courtesy of the Province of Manitoba)
Manitobans are still being encouraged to stay home as much as possible. If you do have to go out, chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin recommends you maintain a distance of six feet between others, and wash your hands frequently.
Dr. Roussin says Manitoba is looking ahead to allowing certain non-essential businesses to reopen. He stresses this will be done very cautiously and slowly.
Public health officials have expanded the testing criteria, stressing the importance of people getting tested even if they are only showing mild symptoms of COVID-19. Symptoms of the novel coronavirus include a cough, runny nose, sore throat and fever.
If you are showing symptoms and meet the testing criteria, call Health Links at 204-788-8200 or (toll-free) at 1-888-315-9257 for more information.
For more information and to access the online screening tool for COVID-19, click here.
