Manitoba public health reported 1478 new cases of COVID-19 this afternoon bringing the five day test positivity rate to 47.2 percent. Of the new cases 816 are in Winnipeg with lower numbers in other regions including 268 in Northern health where there are 1593 active cases with 44 of those in the Flin Flon, Snow Lake, Cranberry Portage, Sherridon district. Of the total 105,406 confirmed cases in the province 35,048 are active, 68,029 people have recovered and 454 are in hospital with 46 in intensive care. Students will return to in school learning on Monday.
Saskatchewan’s current health orders will be extended to February 28th including mandatory masking in all indoor public spaces and proof of vaccination or negative test to enter some venues or businesses. The current public health orders can be found at www.saskatchewan.ca/covid-19.
They reported 1084 new cases bringing the seven day average of new cases to 1057. Of the 95,174 confirmed cases 8706 are active, 85,507 people have recovered and 121 are in hospital. Far Northeast Two reported six new cases bringing the number of active cases to 17.
