Manitoba public health reported 61 new cases of COVID-19 this afternoon bringing the five day test positivity rate to 6.3 percent.  They also reported no new deaths.  Of the new cases 29 were in the Winnipeg region with lower numbers in other regions including 15 in Northern health. Of the total 56,097 reported cases 1408 are active, 53,550 people have recovered and 171 are in hospital with 49 in intensive care along with 10 in care outside the province.  There are eight active cases reported in the Flin Flon, Snow Lake, Cranberry Portage, Sherridon district.  There have been a total of 15,133 variants of concern cases reported in the province with 832 active.