After two weeks of no new cases of COVID-19, Manitoba Public Health announced on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, that there are five new active cases of the virus as of 9:30 am. The total number of lab-confirmed and probable cases is now 330.
The cases include a young woman between ages 10 and 19 as well as a woman in her 30s from the Southern Health region, a man in his 20s and a woman in her 20s from Winnipeg and a man in his 40s from the Interlake-Eastern health region,
One of the individuals announced today as a positive COVID-19 case was a passenger on WestJet flight 261 from Winnipeg to Calgary on June 27 and WestJet flight 526 from Calgary to Winnipeg on July 2.
People on those flights should self-monitor for symptoms of the virus. If symptoms do develop then they should self-isolate for 14 days.
Manitoba Public Health is continuing to investigate and more information will be released in the future about the cases if needed.
There are currently 5 active cases in the province with 318 listed as recovered.
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On Monday 304 laboratory tests were performed bringing the total number of tests performed since early February to 71,803
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