The Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry Portage/Sherridon health district is at 31 active cases of COVID-19, according to publicly available provincial government data. As of May 28, 261 people in northern Manitoba have active COVID-19 cases and 7,273 NHR residents have tested positive since the pandemic started. Manitoba is continuing to ship residents who are sick with COVID-19 or who require intensive care to Ontario for treatment as the province s health system nears capacity - there are 69 people with COVID-19 in Manitoba ICUs and another 26 Manitobans in out-of-province ICUs. A total of 312 people are in Manitoba hospitals due to COVID-19. No new outbreaks or public exposures have been reported in the NHR. For district-by-district case totals throughout the NHR, see below.
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Rockcliff Metals vice-president exploration Ken Lapierre at the Talbot copper project in Manitoba, in 2016. Credit: Rockcliff Metals.
Manitoba has ranked in the top 20 of the Fraser Institute’s annual list of the most attractive mining jurisdictions for 21 of the last 23 years, and has an exceptional mineral profile across an entire suite of metals from copper, nickel, zinc and gold to diamonds, graphite and strategic minerals. Eighteen of the 31 minerals that Canada placed on its new list of critical minerals released at the PDAC Convention in March are either being explored for or are being produced in the province.
Another 295 new cases of COVID-19 were found across the province, including 25 new cases in the NHR and two new cases of COVID-19 in the Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry Portage/Sherridon district. The district now has 31 reported COVID-19 cases according to the provincial dashboard. No new outbreaks or public exposures were announced for the NHR May 27. Under the new health orders, most of the same restrictions that apply under previous provincial restrictions will stay exactly the same. Changes include restricting all outdoor gatherings, including those on public property, to household members only and requiring employers to have their employees work from home when possible.