Public Health Officials have identified 17 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba as of 9:30 AM this morning. Of those, two were found within Southern Health. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba to 491.

There are five new cases in Winnipeg and 10 in the Prairie Mountain Health region.

The data also shows there are nine people currently hospitalized with the virus, three of whom are in intensive care. Province-wide there are 132 active cases and 351 individuals who have recovered. The number of deaths due to COVID-19 remains at eight.