87 new COVID-19 cases reported in Manitoba Saturday
Manitoba is reporting another 87 new cases of COVID-19.
The new cases are listed on the province’s COVID-19 dashboard, as it is no longer releasing any COVID-19 bulletins over the weekend.
According to the dashboard, the province’s COVID-19 death toll did not rise, leaving it at 1,160.
The dashboard lists 1,051 COVID-19 cases as active and 54,615 as recovered.
The five-day test positivity rate now sits at 5.0 per cent.
The dashboard said 140 Manitobans are being hospitalized with COVID-19, 59 of them considered active.
Thirty-four patients are in the intensive care unit. Of those, 15 are considered active.
On Friday, 1,265 COVID-19 tests were administered, bringing the total to 844,125 tests given since March 2020.
Correction
This article first said today's case count was the lowest number since before the third wave. In fact, on July 3, there were only 48 cases.
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