COVID-19 Monday.The 1 p.m. press conference comes as Manitoba is seeing an uptick in positive testing for the virus, including 35 new cases reported Sunday and 16 reported on Saturday.Global News will stream the event live in this story.
Manitoba sees 35 new cases of coronavirus Sunday As of Sunday, a total of 542 people have contracted the novel coronavirus in Manitoba since March.
Six people were in hospital — three of them in intensive care as of Sunday. Of the 542 known infections, 182 cases are still active, while 352 people have recovered.
Eight people have died.While many of the cases reported Sunday appear linked to known clusters in the Southern Health health region and the city of Brandon or are close contacts of a previously.