Manitoba Public Health announced there were 173 new cases of the virus on Thursday, October 15, 2020. The total number of lab-confirmed cases stands at 3,098.
Officials announced the 38th death due to COVID-19, a male in his 40s from the Winkler district within Southern Health region.
The five-day test positivity rate in Manitoba is 4.9 per cent. The Winnipeg test positivity rate is 5.8 per cent.
Six cases in the Interlake-Eastern Health region, 23 cases in the Southern Health region, eight cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region, three cases in Northern Health region and 133 cases in the Winnipeg Health region.
25 people are currently in hospital with five people being treated in intensive care according to public health.
The number of deaths related to COVID-19 is 38.
There are currently 1,527 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 1,297 of those in Winnipeg, 1,533 people are listed as recovered.
2,117 laboratory tests were completed yesterday. According to Manitoba Public Health, the total number of completed tests since early February is 217,878.
Possible Exposures
Possible exposure sites continue to rise in Winnipeg and across the province. The following list are the the possible exposure sites announced so far in October:
| Winnipeg Possible Exposures | |
|---|---|
| Location | Dates/Times |
| St Norbert Collegiate (870 Ste.Thérèse Ave.) | October 6, 2020 |
| Winnipeg Transit Route 55 St.Mary Ave and Garry St to Lyndale and St. Marys’ Rd. | October 5 and 6, 2020 – 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| École Templeton (1310 Templeton Ave.) October 14, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | October 6, 7, and 8, 2020 |
| Amber Trails Schools (1575 Templeton Ave.) October 14, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | October 5 and 6, 2020 |
| Margaret Park School (385 Cork Ave.) October 13, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | October 5 and 7, 2020 |
| Acadia Junior High (175 Killarney Ave.) October 13, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | October 5 and 6, 2020 |
| Winnipeg Adult Education Centre (310 Vaughan St.) October 12, 2020 – Letter to Students (pdf) | October 5, 2020 |
| Dakota Collegiate (661 Dakota St.) October 12, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | October 5, 6 and 7, 2020 |
| Daniel McIntyre Collegiate (720 Alverstone St.) October 12, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 29 and 30, and October 1, 2020 |
| Dufferin School (545 Alexander Ave.) October 12, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) October 4, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 30 to October 2, 2020 September 28 and 29, 2020 |
| Westcoast Kids (103 Princess St.) | September 27/20 – 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
| Shaughnessy Park School (1641 Manitoba Ave.) October 11, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 29 to October 5, 2020 |
| Winnipeg Transit Routes 66 and 78 Portage Ave at St. Charles to Grant at Cambridge and from Cambridge at Mathers to Waverley at McGillivray | October 9, 2020 – approximately 6:20 a.m. to 6:47 a.m. and approximately 6:54 a.m. to 7 a.m. |
| Winnipeg Transit Routes 78 and 22 Waverley at McGillivray to Polo Park and Polo Park to Portage at St. Charles. | October 9, 2020 – approximately 4:25 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. and approximately 5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. |
| St. Joseph the Worker (505 Brewster St.) October 11, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | October 1 and 2, 2020 – 8:15 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
| Elwick Community School (30 Maberly Road) October 11, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | October 5, 2020 |
| Fit For Less gym (399 McPhillips Street) | October 2/20 – 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. October 3/20 – 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. |
| Bird’s Hill School (3950 Raleigh St. in East St Paul) October 11, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 30, and October 1 and 2, 2020 |
| Kildonan-East Collegiate (845 Concordia Ave.) October 9, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 29 and October 1, 2020 |
| O.V. Jewitt Community School (6 Neville Street) October 9, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 28 and 29, 2020 |
| Faraday School (405 Parr Ave.) October 9, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 29 and 30, 2020 |
| Univerity of Winnipeg Collegiate (515 Portage Ave.) October 8, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 28 and 30, and October 5 and 7, 2020 |
| Earl Grey Child Care Centre (340 Cockburn St. N.) October 7, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 29 and 30 and October 7, 2020 |
| Earl Grey School (340 Cockburn St. N.) October 7, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 29 and 30, and October 7, 2020 |
| Seven Oaks Middle School (800 Salter St.) October 7, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 28 to 30, 2020 |
| St. John’s-Ravenscourt (400 South Drive) October 6, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 20 and October 1, 2 and 6, 2020 |
| École Charleswood School (545 Oakdale Dr.) October 6, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 24, 25, 28, 29 and 30, 2020 |
| Andrew Mynarski VC (1111 Machray Ave.) October 4, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 28 and 29 |
| Chaise Corydon (691 Corydon Ave.) | Saturday, September 26/20 – 11:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the second level lounge area with bar and side patio. |
| IQRA School (404 Web Place) | September 22, 23, 25 and 28, 2020 |
| Collège Louis-Riel (585, rue Saint-Jean-Baptiste) October 4, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 28, 2020 |
| Hooters Restaurant (1501 St Matthews Ave) | September 24 from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. |
| Bourbon Street Billiards (241 Vaughan St.) | September 25 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. |
| Earls Polo Park (1455 Portage Ave) | September 25 from 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. |
| Montana’s Polo Park (665 Empress St) | September 25 from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. |
| Crspy Bnch (806 Sargent Ave) | September 26 from 11 a.m. until noon. |
| Winnipeg Transit route #10 Taché starting at Wolseley-Provencher via Provencher to Westbound Portage at Donald (Bell MTS Place) with a transfer to #14 Ellice from Westbound Portage at Donald (Bell MTS Place) to Ferry Road. | September 23 and 24, 2020 – between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. (both days) |
| Hugh John Macdonald School (567 Bannatyne Ave.) October 1, 2020- Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 28, 2020 |
| Lindenwood Childcare Centre (1 Princemere Road) October 1, 2020- Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 23 to 25 and 28 to 29, 2020 |
| Bar Red Sea (268 Portage Ave) | September 19/20 – midnight to 3:30 a.m. |
| CF Polo Park (1485 Portage Ave) | September 19/20 – Foot locker in the late morning, and Famous Wok at lunch time |
| Les enfants précieux childcare centre (209 Kenny St.) October 1, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) September 29, 2020 – Letter to Parents/Guardians (pdf) | September 18, 2020 |
Information on possible exposures in all regions can be accessed through the following links:
Public health officials have moved the YWCA in Thompson to Critical status (RED) on the Pandemic Response System after five cases have been linked to the facility.
Personal care homes in Winnipeg have been moved to Critical (RED) in the Pandemic Response System due to the increase in COVID-19 activity. Anyone moving into a PCH will be isolated for 14 days but there will be no admission to a PCH that has a suspected or confirmed outbreak unless the new residents already confirmed to have the virus.
Public health is continuing to advise Winnipeg residents and visitors to the city to stay home if sick, wash your hands, cover your cough and physically distance when you are with people outside your household. If you cannot physically distance, you should wear a mask to help reduce your risk. Reduce the number of close contacts outside your household, and avoid closed-in or crowded spaces.
Officials advise that only people showing symptoms of COVID-19 should go for testing. If you do have symptoms you should seek testing as soon as possible once symptoms appear.
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