Manitoba Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin reported the latest provincial COVID-19 numbers this afternoon noting they have 30 new cases to report which brings the total lab confirmed positives to 474.  He says of those 30 cases 18 are in the Prairie Mountain Health Region and all 18 of those are connected to a cluster that is going on in Brandon at this time, 11 of those cases are in the Southern Health Region and 7 of those to date have been linked to known cases and there’s one case in the WRHA.

Roussin says the cases reported in the Brandon cluster started in a travel related case.

He adds 118 cases in the province are active, 348 individuals have recovered and 10 are in hospital with five in intensive care.