There are 59 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba and two women in their 40s have died after getting the illness, the province said in a news release Thursday. One of the women was from the Northern Health Region while the other was from the Southern Health region, the release said. The province also announced three more cases of highly transmissible coronavirus variants, all in the Winnipeg health region. Most of the COVID-19 cases announced on Thursday are in the Winnipeg health region, which posted 32 new infections. The remaining new cases are split between the Northern Health Region (16), the Prairie Mountain Health region (seven), the Southern Health region (three) and the Interlake-Eastern health region (one).

Source: CBC News April 01, 2021 17:30 UTC