Manitoba public health reported 369 new cases of COVID-19 this afternoon bringing the five day test positivity rate to 14.8 percent.  Of the new cases the Northern region reports 178 with 3081 cases active including 110 in the Flin Flon, Snow Lake, Cranberry Portage, Sherridon district. The next highest number is Winnipeg with 73 new cases.  Of the total 129,657 confirmed cases in the province 12,549 are active, 115,445 people have recovered and 543 are in hospital with 29 in intensive care.

They also point out a total of 73,757 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given to children ages 5 to 11 or 59 percent of that age group.