Manitoba Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin announced 15 new cases of COVID-19 in the province this afternoon however a case was removed as it was determined to be from out of province and a second case was removed due to duplication so they have a net increase of 13 cases taking the lab confirmed cases to 1378 with two of those cases in the Interlake Eastern, two cases in Prairie Mountain Health, two in Southern Health and nine in the Winnipeg Health Region. He noted they have 368 active cases and 1002 individuals have recovered from COVID-19.
Roussin added preliminary investigations indicate that several of the new cases are close contacts of known cases. He also noted wearing a non-medical mask became mandatory for children aged nine and older attending child care facilities including home based child care as of September 8th and child care providers are also required to wear masks.
