Eighty-five new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Manitoba on Saturday, according to a provincial news release. Of the new cases, 68 are in the Winnipeg health region, five are in the Southern Health region, four are in the Prairie Mountain Health region, four are in the Northern Health region and four are in the Interlake-Eastern health region. The province says there are 1,648 active COVID-19 cases in Manitoba as of Saturday morning, but officials have said that number is skewed (and likely lower) because of a data entry backlog. Manitoba ended a three-day streak of record-high, triple-digit increases in COVID-19 cases on Friday, when 75 new cases were reported. Manitoba has completed more than 222,000 COVID-19 tests as of Saturday morning, the province says.

Source: CBC News October 17, 2020 17:30 UTC