Manitoba announced 271 new cases of #COVID19 and a record 7 deaths on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020.
Active cases: 4,460
Total caseload: 7,689
Recovered: 3,126
Deaths: 103
Manitoba #COVID19 patients in hospital: 159 (down 2)
In ICU: 23 (new record, up 3)
Five-day Manitoba #COVID19 test-positivity rate: 9.4 per cent (new record)
Tests completed Wednesday: 3,216
The latest Manitobans to succumb to #COVID19 are all from Winnipeg:
• A man in his 50s
• A woman in her 60s (Maples Manor outbreak)
• A man in his 60s (Victoria Hospital outbreak)
• A man in his 70s (Maples Mnr)
• A woman in her 80s (Maples Mnr)
• A woman in her 80s
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• A man in his 80s (Victoria Hospital outbreak)
Regional breakdown of new Manitoba #COVID19 cases:
Premier Brian Pallister is speaking. The topic is supposed to be the app he announced way back in the spring - Help Next Door, which is supposed to connect volunteers with people who need help during the #COVID19 pandemic.
The pandemic was 12 days old when he unveiled the app.