2020 novel coronavirus bulletin – 286
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 12/15/2020 at 1:00 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 14.2 per cent provincially and 13.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 15, 2020, 272 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case was removed due to a data correction, making the net total 271 and brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 21,535.
Public health officials advise nine additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region;
a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre;