Manitoba Public Health announced there were 147 new cases of the virus today. The total number of lab-confirmed cases stands at 3,773.
Public health reported that two males in their 80s, a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg Health Region and a male in his 80s from the Interlake-Eastern Health Region are the 44th, 45th, 46th and 47th death in Manitoba related to the virus. One of the men in his 80s and the man in his 70s are linked to the outbreak at Parkview Place. There have now been 14 deaths related to the outbreak at Parkview Place say officials.
The five-day test positivity rate in Manitoba is 5.6 per cent. In the Winnipeg region, the rate is 6.5 per cent.
Of the cases reported today there are 10 cases in the Interlake-Eastern Health Region, 33 cases in the Southern Health Region, 10 cases in the Northern Health Region, seven cases in the Prairie Mountain Health Region and 87 cases in the Winnipeg Health Region.
42 people are currently in hospital with eight people being treated in intensive care as of Tuesday.
The number of deaths related to COVID-19 is 47.
There are currently 1,806 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, 1,920 people are listed as recovered.
2,220 laboratory tests were completed yesterday. According to Manitoba Public Health, the total number of completed tests since early February is 233,222.
Effective on Monday October 26, 2020, the current restrictions in Winnipeg Metropolitan Region will also be ordered in the Northern Health Region and Churchill. The orders will remain in effect for a minimum two weeks.
As of Monday October 26, 2020 schools in the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region and the Northern Health Region will be ordered to follow additional measures:
- Schools must ensure two metres of physical distancing to the greatest extent possible, and adjust classroom space as necessary; excess furniture must be removed from classrooms to create additional space; and other spaces within schools must be repurposed to accommodate more distancing (e.g., multipurpose rooms, empty rooms, shared spaces, common areas and libraries).
- Extracurricular activities are only permitted if all learning and distancing requirements have been met. If these activities continue, established guidelines must be followed and, in the case of sports, participants should maintain distance when not active.
- Teachers and staff who move across cohorts of students, including substitute teachers, are required to wear medical masks. Medical-grade disposable masks have been issued to all schools. N95 masks are not required.
- Indoor choir and the use of wind instruments are not permitted.
- All field trips must be postponed or cancelled.
- Blended learning (in-class and online) for grades 9 to 12 where distancing cannot be achieved will continue as per status quo.
- Kindergarten to Grade 8 students may be offered a temporary remote learning option for the duration of the Restricted level (orange).
- All other public health measures will still in effect.
Public health reported that an outbreak has been declared at Arborgate School at 70 Normandeau Bay in La Broquerie, and the school has been elevated to orange on the Pandemic Response System.
An outbreak has also been declared at the Ochekwi Sipi Personal Care Home in the Fisher River Cree Nation due to a positive case in a health-care worker. The facility has been elevated to red on the Pandemic Response System.
Officials have also announced that the outbreak at Bethesda Place personal care home has been declared over.
Information on possible exposures in all regions can be accessed through the following links:
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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