Widespread shutdowns are coming as Manitoba's premier and top doctor order the entire province into the red, or critical, level of the provincial pandemic response plan. Manitoba set records Tuesday with 207 Manitobans with COVID-19 in hospital and 30 in intensive care. He acknowledged the coming weeks will be hard on many and announced supports for businesses impacted by the closures. Care home crisisTighter restrictions came into effect in the Southern Health region Monday as it entered the red alert level. Winnipeg and the surrounding area went into the red level just over a week earlier.

Source: CBC News November 10, 2020 15:42 UTC