Manitoba two-day total: 326 COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths
Posted January 2, 2021 2:29 pm.
WINNIPEG – Manitoba public health officials are reporting 11 deaths from COVID-19 over the past two days.
The province said in its latest pandemic update that 326 new cases of the virus were identified between 9:30 a.m. on Thursday and 9:30 a.m. on Saturday.
The province did not issue an update on New Year’s Day.
The youngest of the deaths was a man in his 50s from the Northern health region.
Health officials say the five-day test positivity rate is 10.4 per cent.
There are 239 patients with active COVID-19 in Manitoba hospitals, 36 of whom are in intensive care.