Manitoba’s top doctor and chief nursing officer will give a live COVID-19 update Monday.
Dr. Brent Roussin and Lanette Siragusa have scheduled a press conference for 12:30 p.m. Global News will stream the event live in this story.
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12 more COVID-19 deaths Sunday and 243 COVID-19 cases in Manitoba
Over the weekend the province announced 630 new cases and 22 additional deaths from the coronavirus.
The new cases bring Manitoba’s total number of lab-confirmed cases recorded since March to 13,544. In all 229 Manitobans with COVID-19 have died.
Provincial data shows there were 8,122 known active cases as of Sunday and 5,193 individuals have recovered from COVID-19.
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10 more Manitoba COVID-19 deaths Saturday, more than 8,000 known active cases
At last report, there were 288 people in hospital with the novel coronavirus with 52 people in intensive care.
As of Sunday, Manitoba’s five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 13.7 per cent provincially, and 13.4 per cent in Winnipeg.
Questions about COVID-19? Here are some things you need to know:
Symptoms can include fever, cough and difficulty breathing — very similar to a cold or flu. Some people can develop a more severe illness. People most at risk of this include older adults and people with severe chronic medical conditions like heart, lung or kidney disease. If you develop symptoms, contact public health authorities.
To prevent the virus from spreading, experts recommend frequent handwashing and coughing into your sleeve. They also recommend minimizing contact with others, staying home as much as possible and maintaining a distance of two metres from other people if you go out. In situations where you can’t keep a safe distance from others, public health officials recommend the use of a non-medical face mask or covering to prevent spreading the respiratory droplets that can carry the virus. In some provinces and municipalities across the country, masks or face coverings are now mandatory in indoor public spaces.
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