The Southern Health region is leading with the most new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba Tuesday, with Winnipeg as a close second.

There are 66 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba. This includes 11 people who are fully vaccinated, five who are partially vaccinated and 50 who are not vaccinated.

New cases include:

  • 21 in Southern Health Sante Sud
  • 17 in Winnipeg
  • 11 in Prairie Mountain
  • 11 in the Northern region
  • six in Interlake-Eastern

 

There is a total of 59,822 confirmed cases and 58,009 recoveries, There are 607 active cases. Manitoba's five-day test positivity rate is 2.3 per cent after seeing a recent spike in testing.

Manitoba's total number of deaths remains at 1,206.

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There are 71 people in the hospital due to COVID with 35 of those cases being active. In intensive care, there are 14 people, with half being active cases.