COVID-19 and 261 more have been infected as case numbers swell in the north.The latest cases announced on the province’s online COVID-19 portal Thursday bring the province’s total number of cases reported since March to 26,954 after health officials say two previously announced cases were removed due to a data correction.
Manitoba reports 158 new coronavirus cases, 5 additional deaths Since March, 755 Manitobans have died from COVID-19.The latest victims in include a man in his 60s from the Winnipeg Health region and a man in his 90s from the Prairie Mountain Health region connected to an outbreak at the McCreary/Alonsa Health Centre.More than half of the new infections reported Thursday — 139 — were identified in the Northern Health.