Manitoba Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin reported this afternoon 22 new cases of COVID-19 all in health regions in the south.  He says the death was a woman in her 90s from the Southern Health Region associated with the outbreak at the Bethesda Place in Steinbach.

He also reported a new public health order is effective tomorrow following some incidents.  It will require Manitobans to self isolate for 14 days if they have been determined to be an active case of COVID-19 or if they have been exposed to COVID-19 and identified as a close contact.  He says all individuals this order applies to will be contacted by Public Health and then must go to their residence or an approved self isolation location for 14 days or as long as dictated by Public Health.

He notes there are exceptions for things like urgent health care and failure to comply could result in a fine of 486 dollars.

The total of confirmed cases in Manitoba is now 1064 with 407 active and 643 recovered.