Manitoba public health reported 1494 new cases of COVID-19 this afternoon bringing the five day test positivity rate to 30.7 percent.  Of the new cases 860 are in Winnipeg and 243 in Prairie Mountain with lower numbers in other regions including 70 in Northern health where there are now 349 active cases with 13 of them in the Flin Flon, Snow Lake, Cranberry Portage, Sherridon district.  Of the total 80,096 confirmed cases 9924 are active, 68,780 people have recovered and 192 are in hospital with 30 in intensive care.

Saskatchewan health reported 735 new cases bringing the seven day average of new cases to 333.  Of the total 85,188 identified cases 2844 are active, 81,989 people have recovered and 79 are in hospital with 12 in intensive care.  Far Northeast Two again reports no new cases with three cases reported as active.