Manitoba reports 77 new cases and three more deaths due to COVID-19 over the past three days. Three people in their 60s died — a woman from the Prairie Mountain Health region, a woman from the Winnipeg health region and a man from the Interlake-Eastern health region, whose death was linked to the alpha or B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant. In Winnipeg, the rate is 1.4 per cent, down from 1.8 per cent on Thursday, that last day the Winnipeg rate was reported. Among the 33 cases reported Monday, the majority are in the Winnipeg health region, where 20 cases were identified. There are five cases in the Southern Health region, four cases each in the Northern and Interlake-Eastern health regions and zero in Prairie Mountain Health.

Source: CBC News August 16, 2021 17:34 UTC