The provincial government reported the 16th positive test for COVID-19 in Northern Manitoba among 34 new cases of the virus Sept. 29.
Information on the province’s COVID-19 website shows that the new case is from an unknown district, which could mean that it is a former northern resident now living elsewhere or someone who was tested in Manitoba but actually lives in Saskatchewan.
The other new cases announced Tuesday included 26 in Winnipeg, five in the southern region and two cases in the Prairie Mountain health region.
Twelve of the 16 COVID-19 cases in the Northern Regional Health Authority area are active.
To date, there have been 1,953 cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba, 606 of which are still active, while 1,327 are considered recovered. Fourteen people are currently in hospital due to the virus, eight of them in intensive care and 20 people have died as a result of the virus.
Nearly 1,800 tests for the novel coronavirus were completed Sept. 28, bringing the total in the province since testing began in early February to 182,536.
