Manitoba Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin announced 196 new cases of COVID-19 this afternoon bringing the five day test positivity rate to 9.2 percent.  He also announced five additional deaths with two in Southern health and one each in Winnipeg, Prairie Mountain and Northern health regions. Of the new cases 105 are in the Northern health region and 54 in Winnipeg with lower numbers in other regions. The total number of active cases in the Flin Flon, Snow Lake, Cranberry Portage, Sherridon district now stands at 20.

Of the 28,089 reported cases 3205 are active, 24,091 individuals have recovered and 268 are in hospital with 34 in intensive care.