Virus-test positivity lowest since November Save to Read Later While seven more Manitobans have died from COVID-19 and another 203 have been newly sickened with it, Winnipeg’s test positivity rate is the lowest it has been in two months. While seven more Manitobans have died from COVID-19 and another 203 have been newly sickened with it, Winnipeg’s test positivity rate is the lowest it has been in two months. The province says more health-care workers are now eligible to receive a vaccine. After weeks of code-red restrictions in Winnipeg and the rest of the province, the five-day test positivity rate number finally reached single digits with 9.4 per cent in Winnipeg and 9.9 per cent across the province. (The Canadian Press files)