Manitoba reported 61 new cases of COVID-19 June 29, one-quarter of them in the north.
There were 15 new cases in the Northern Regional Health Authority area, two-thirds of them in one health district.
The Shamattawa/York Factory/Tataskweyak/Split Lake health district had 10 new infections since the previous day, according to the provincial government website. There were also two new cases in the Sayisi/Tadoule/Barren Lands/Brochet/Northlands/Lac Brochet health district.
171 people are in hospital in Manitoba due to the virus, 49 of them in intensive care. Fourteen northern residents are in hospital as a result of COVID-19, eight of them in intensive care.
There are also 10 Manitobans with COVID-19 in intensive care units in Ontario.
No new deaths from the virus were reported June 29 and the five-day test positivity rate was 6.3 per cent.
Twenty-nine of Tuesday’s cases were in Winnipeg, 11 in the southern health region, six in the Interlake-Eastern health region and zero in the Prairie Mountain region.