Manitoba public health reported 416 new cases of COVID-19 this afternoon bringing the five day test positivity rate to 19.1 percent. The largest increase was in the Northern region with 177 new cases with 2562 active of which 101 are in the Flin Flon, Snow Lake, Cranberry Portage, Sherridon district. The highest number of active cases is in the Norway House and Norway House Cree Nation district with 613 followed by Island Lake at 357. Of the total 128,147 confirmed cases in the province 11,023 are active, 115,477 people have recovered and 607 people in hospital with 38 in intensive care.
In their weekly report Saskatchewan health reported 2522 new cases for the week of February 6th to 12th less than half the number of new cases in the previous week. 410 people are in hospital with 33 in intensive care. The full Far Northeast zone reports 35 new cases bringing the total of active cases to 120. The full weekly report can be found at www.saskatchewan.ca/covid-19.
