Today’s five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is three per cent provincially and 1.3 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on October 1, 2021, 349 new cases of the virus have been identified since Tuesday: 42 cases on Tuesday, Sept. 28; 114 cases on Wednesday, Sept. 29; 115 cases on Thursday, Sept. 30; and 78 cases today.