Manitoba Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin reported 33 new cases of COVID-19 this afternoon. 17 are in the Prairie Mountain, 10 in the Southern and six in the Winnipeg Health Regions.  He announced more restrictions for one region.  He explained they continue to see increasing number in the Brandon region and they are seeing increasing community based transmission as well and hearing many reports of large gatherings in parks and family gatherings as well as religious gatherings.  He says due to the increased number of cases as well as the significant reports of increased gatherings the Prairie Mountain health region is being elevated to the restricted level of orange in their pandemic response system immediately.

That includes limiting group sizes to ten.  The total number of lab confirmed cases in Manitoba now stands at 796 with 247 active and 537 have recovered.