COVID-19 update Monday.Dr. Brent Roussin has scheduled a press conference for 12:30 p.m. Global News will stream the event live in this story.
Manitoba has highest rate of COVID-19 infections in Canada The media availability comes as Manitoba continues to see rising daily case counts and, as of Sunday, now has the highest per capita COVID-19 infection rate in Canada.Numbers reported on Health Canada’s website show Manitoba is Canada’s COVID-19 hot spot with a seven-day average rate of 33.1 cases per 100,000.Alberta sits in second place, at a seven-day average rate of 32.9 cases per day, according to the national numbers.Over the weekend alone, Manitoba reported 964 new cases of COVID-19, a majority of them in Winnipeg.