COVID-19

There are less than one thousand active COVID-19 cases in Manitoba.

The province is seeing the lowest daily new COVID-19 cases since the Third and Second Wave.

Just over two dozen new COVID-19 cases are being identified in Manitoba Tuesday.

At the beginning of Manitoba's Second Wave, we saw the fall cases rise regularly in the double, and then triple, digits. With Tuesday's 25 new cases, the province has not reached below that number since September 21's 24 cases.

New COVID-19 cases include:

Current active COVID-19 cases continue to drop in Grande Prairie with the recent case count sitting at three.  The County of Grande Prairie has two active cases.

90 new COVID-19 cases have been reported over the period of three days from Friday, July 9 to Sunday, July 11.

There are currently 624 active cases in the province, the lowest case count since July 11, 2020.

For the seventh day-in-row, the Northwestern Health Unit has no new cases of COVID-19 to report.

There are zero active cases across the NWHU catchment area.

Due to the high forest fire activity across the region, the following COVID-19 vaccination clinics have been impacted:

Sioux Lookout

July 14 & 22

New Location: Sacred Heart School

All appointments will remain the same but the clinic location has changed.

Red Lake

July 14 & 15

Clinics postponed due to potential evacuation

Despite the "Open for Summer" mandate in Alberta, the Cochrane Historical Museum will not open to the public with its regular hours this summer.

The Cochrane Historical and Archival Preservation Society executive made the decision at a recent meeting.

All considerations were based on keeping the volunteers, who are mostly seniors, and the public safe during the pandemic. 

Unfortunately, there was no grant money assigned in this year's budget in which to pay for student staffing either.

The province has seen a dramatic drop in COVID-19 enforcement tickets over the past four weeks.

More than a dozen COVID-19 tickets were issued last week totalling $22,856. This includes:

The Dryden GM Ice Dogs held their annual General Membership Meeting last week and ironed out events for next season including their home opener.

For the Ice Dogs home opener, their plan is to host a Vaccinators Night to thank the hardworking health care workers from the region.

Ninety new COVID-19 cases have been reported over the period of three days from Friday, July 9 to Sunday, July 11.

There are currently 624 active cases in the province, the lowest case count since July 11, 2020.

The positivity rate remains below one per cent.

There are 112 people in the hospital, a drop of 14 cases since Friday and there are 34 ICU admissions.

The truly good news is that no new deaths have been reported for five days in a row. 

The total number of deaths in the province remains at 2,307.

A local community centre is in need of help as they work to feed families impacted by the pandemic.

Kaylie Jardiner says Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre's (Ma Mawi) Volunteer Coordinator, says every day they are packing anywhere from 200 to 500 hampers, set to be delivered to families across the city to help keep them healthy and fed all week long.

Manitoba's Chief Public Health Officer and his family have been receiving troubling messages and threats.

Throughout the pandemic, especially in the Third Wave, Dr. Brent Roussin has been receiving alarming messages.

"It's not just a single occasion," Roussin says. "To get a call from law enforcement when at the time I wasn't at home but my family was, it's a little bit concerning... I don't think that any of us can legitimately accept that threats against someone or their family are acceptable no matter how much you disagree with some of the protections."