There are 62 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba and one more person has died from the illness, the province's online coronavirus dashboard says. On Saturdays and Sundays, updates are available only through the province's online data portals, which provide fewer details. Manitoba also reported 29 more COVID-19 cases have now been linked to more contagious coronavirus variants. The province's variant dashboard says 27 of those cases stem from still unspecified variants, while two are linked to the alpha (B.1.1.7) variant. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 57,417 people in Manitoba have tested positive for COVID-19, the dashboard says.

Source: CBC News July 24, 2021 17:27 UTC