40 new COVID cases in Manitoba

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Forty new cases of COVID-19 were reported Wednesday in Manitoba: 31 of them in Winnipeg, where another personal care home has been added to the “critical” list.

An outbreak has been declared at the 100-bed West End facility Calvary Place, which is moving to “code red” pandemic restrictions, public health said in a news release.

The province also announced a possible novel coronavirus exposure at Glenlawn Collegiate. A student who tested positive was last in the Winnipeg school the afternoon of Sept. 25. The incident was assessed to be low risk, officials said, with the infection not believed to have been acquired at school.

Public health advised of another “low-risk” exposure Sept. 18 at Les enfants précieux child care centre in Winnipeg; La Roca restaurant (155 Smith St., Winnipeg) on Sept. 26; Winnipeg Transit Route 14 (Paddington) on Sept. 25; and Pentecostal House of Prayer at Kinonjeoshtegon First Nation on Sept. 27.

Of the 40 new COVID-19 cases announced Wednesday, two are in Prairie Mountain Health region, two in Interlake-Eastern, one in Northern Health, and four in Southern Health.

The five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate was two per cent. Thirteen Manitobans have been hospitalized, including seven in intensive care. In Winnipeg, four were in hospital, with two in intensive care.

Of the 599 active cases in Manitoba, 509 are in Winnipeg.

Most are in River East (112) followed by Downtown (93), Seven Oaks (54), Fort Garry (48), River Heights (43), St. Boniface (34), Assiniboine-South (26), St. James-Assiniboia (25), St. Vital (24), Point Douglas (23), Transcona (13), Inkster (nine) and “unknown” (five).

carol.sanders@freepress.mb.ca