COVID-19 case numbers appear to be heading in the right direction as the end of 2020 approaches, but declining case numbers come amid rising test positivity rates.Just 107 cases were reported on Monday, but lower testing during the holidays has seen the test positivity rate shoot up to 12.6 per cent from 10 per cent.
Remembering Manitobans lost to COVID-19 With Christmas now in the rearview, epidemiologist Cynthia Carr says we just have to look back to the previous holiday — Thanksgiving — to see why limiting contacts, even during the holidays, is so important.“You know, in the end of November, (we had) high 300s into 400 new cases a day.