Five new cases of COVID-19 have been identified on a Manitoba Hutterite colony in the Interlake-Eastern Health region. There are now 11 active cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba — all of which were announced this week, after the province went 13 days without reporting a new case of the illness. In addition to the five cases announced Friday, five other new cases were announced on Tuesday and one new case was announced on Thursday. Positivity rate now 0.43 per centOn Thursday, 844 more tests were completed in Manitoba, bringing the total number of COVID-19 tests done in the province since early February to 73,885. While any new cases will be announced this weekend, numbers on active caseload, recoveries and testing won't be updated again until Monday.

Source: CBC News July 17, 2020 18:11 UTC