Manitoba public health reported 200 new cases of COVID-19 this afternoon bringing the five day test positivity rate to 12.7 percent.  Of the new cases 105 are in Winnipeg with much lower numbers in other regions including 39 in the Northern region where 1463 cases are active including 31 in Flin Flon Snow Lake Cranberry Portage Sherridon, 69 in Thompson Mystery Lake and 106 in The Pas OCN Kelsey district.  Of the total 132,487 reported cases 4900 are active, 125,879 people have recovered and 424 are in hospital with 22 in intensive care.

In their weekly report Saskatchewan health reported 1013 cases confirmed for the week of February 27^th to March 5^th 92 percent of the number of new cases for the previous week.  As of March 9^th 339 people were in hospital down 14 and 24 in intensive care down six.  The Far North East reported nine new cases for the week.