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Manitoba Public Health has announced a large spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the province with an additional 11 cases on Monday, July 20, 2020. Since Friday the total number of new cases is 23 (Fri 5, Sat 1, Sun 6, Mon 11).

The last time Manitoba had a one day spike in cases this large was on April 10, 2020.

Since Saturday there have been 11 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region, three cases in the Winnipeg health region, three cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region, and one case in the Southern Health region. 

One of the individuals announced as a positive COVID-19 case was a passenger on Asiana flight OZ 0704 from Manila, Philippines to Seoul, South Korea on July 7, Air Canada AC 0064 Seoul to Vancouver on July 8 (rows 26 to 32) and Air Canada AC 0296 Vancouver to Winnipeg on July 8 (rows 21 to 27).  Individuals on these flights are advised to self-isolate for 14 days following the flight and monitor for symptoms. Passengers on these flights, but not in the affected seats, should self-monitor for symptoms and self-isolate if they develop.

Public health attributes the high case counts to outbreaks in several Hutterite colonies, international travel and one case connected to a transport driver.

The total number of lab-confirmed and probable cases is 354

There are currently 29 active cases in the province. A week ago there was only one active case. 318 people are listed as recovered

One person is currently being treated for the virus in intensive care. This is the first person hospitalized with the virus since June 6, 2020.

The number of deaths associated with the virus remains at seven in Manitoba.

384 Lab tests were performed on Friday, 1,390 on Saturday and 695 0n Sunday. The total number of tests performed since early February to 76,354.

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