Brandon Sun By: The Brandon Sun
Wednesday’s COVID-19 numbers
The COVID-19 update from the province on Friday saw six additional deaths listed, including a woman in her 90s in the Prairie Mountain Health region from the McCreary/Alonsa Health Centre.
The province reported 154 new cases, as follows: 18 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region; 70 cases in the Northern health region; eight in the Prairie Mountain Health region; 10 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and 40 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
One case was removed because of a data correction, making the net increase 153 cases.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate in Manitoba is 9.5 per cent, and 6.7 per cent in Winnipeg.
11 more deaths, 111 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba as numbers lower in north
With daily case counts and test positivity rates moving in the right direction, the province is in a position to consider loosening current restrictions, Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Brent Roussin says.
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