An update on COVID-19 in Manitoba is scheduled for this afternoon, albeit at a later time. The daily COVID-19 update has been pushed to 3:30 p.m., after the province said Premier Brian Pallister will announce his new cabinet at 11 a.m. and speak with the media at 1 p.m.CBC News will live stream the 3:30 p.m. public health news conference here and on social media. Dr. Jazz Atwal, acting deputy chief provincial public health officer, will answer questions from reporters and give the daily case counts. On Monday, health officials announced that five more Manitobans had died and there were 118 new reported cases of COVID-19. He noted that the test positivity rates, hospitalizations and ICU numbers are still quite high even though daily case counts have been lower in recent weeks.

Source: CBC News January 05, 2021 14:48 UTC