News - COVID-19

The Manitoba Pandemic Paid Sick Leave Program, established to help cover the costs of employee sick leave related to COVID-19, is being extended until March 31, 2022.

Today’s five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.7 per cent provincially and 3.7 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 13, 2021, 478 new cases of the virus have been identified since Friday: 163 cases on Saturday, Dec. 11; 163 cases Sunday, Dec 12; and 152 cases today.

Today’s five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.7 per cent provincially and 3.7 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 10, 2021, 401 new cases of the virus have been identified since Wednesday: 203 cases on Thursday, Dec. 9; and 198 cases today.

The Director of CEO of VIDO says the technology used to develop a COVID-19 vaccine which is now undergoing human clinical trials offers several advantages over those used to develop vaccines currently being distributed.

The Manitoba government has established a task force to address the diagnostic and surgical backlogs as the top priority. The province says that work is already underway to identify and implement solutions to deal with the backlog.

Today’s five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6.4 per cent provincially and 4.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 8, 2021, 271 new cases of the virus have been identified since Monday: 93 cases on Tuesday, Dec. 7; 178 cases today.

Public health is reporting that one case of the B.1.1.529 (omicron) variant has been detected in Manitoba. The individual recently travelled from one of the 10 federally advised countries and has experienced mild symptoms. Public health is conducting aggressive case and contact management.

Today’s five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6.3 per cent provincially and 4.1 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 6, 2021, 539 new cases of the virus have been identified since Friday: 191 cases on Saturday, Dec. 4; 211 cases on Sunday, Dec. 5; and 137 cases today.

Today’s five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.1 per cent provincially and 2.7 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 3, 2021, 319 new cases of the virus have been identified since Wednesday: 172 cases on Thursday, Dec. 2; and 147 cases today.

Today’s five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.2 per cent provincially and 2.5 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 1, 2021, 252 new cases of the virus have been identified since Monday: 128 cases on Tuesday, Nov. 30; and 124 cases today.