With no new cases of COVID-19 reported over the weekend and none today Manitoba has gone six days without a positive test.  Manitoba Chief Public Health Officer Dr Brent Roussin announced the latest COVID-19 numbers this afternoon.  He reports the number of cases remains at 325, there are no individuals hospitalized, 304 residents are listed as recovered and there are 14 active cases.

Roussin adds even with numbers remaining to be good we need to continue to be vigilant including social distancing when outdoors to keep our numbers low as we still expect COVID-19 to be around for a while.

With numbers remaining low Health Authorities in the province are starting to restore home care services such as meal preparation and helping clients get dressed.

Meanwhile Saskatchewan reported nine new cases with two reported on Saturday, four on Sunday and three today with three of the new cases in the Far North region.  That brings the provincial total reported to 805, 59 are considered active, 732 have recovered and four are in hospital. As part of the Re-open Saskatchewan plan, the VLT network resumed operation today.  At the same time the commission paid to sites will temporarily increase from 15 per cent to 25 per cent until Jan. 3.