Active COVID-19 case count in Manitoba goes down as 1 person recovers

Manitoba goes 4 days in a row with no new cases found

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Caption: Manitoba is at day four with no new COVID-19 cases identified. (Alexander Zemlianichenko, Associated Press/File)

One more Manitoban has recovered from the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, public health officials said Tuesday.
The number of active cases in the province is now down to 16, as no new cases of COVID-19 were identified in Manitoba for the fourth day in a row.
There remain no hospitalizations due to COVID-19.
Seven COVID-19 patients have died in Manitoba; 269 have recovered.
Another 359 COVID-19 tests were conducted on Monday, pushing the total performed in Manitoba since February to 39,321.

Image | Manitoba COVID-19 cases

Caption: The grey bars illustrate the number of cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba each day, while the red line is the cumulative total. (Jacques Marcoux/CBC)

Image | Manitoba COVID-19 tests

Caption: They grey bars illustrate the number of tests performed in Manitoba each day, while the red line is the weekly average. (Jacques Marcoux/CBC)

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