42 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths reported in Manitoba on Tuesday
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There are 42 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Tuesday, the province's online dashboard says, and two more deaths from the illness were reported.
Of the new cases, 17 were reported in the Southern Health region, 16 in the Winnipeg health region, four in the Prairie Mountain Health region, three in the Northern Health Region and two in the Interlake-Eastern health region.
The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is now 1,211, including 205 linked to more contagious coronavirus variants.
The online data shows that the two deaths reported Tuesday were people from the Southern Health region whose deaths are linked to an unspecified variant of concern.
The Manitoba government no longer holds news conferences or sends news releases on Tuesdays to update case numbers and death statistics, although some figures are available online. News releases are sent on Mondays and Thursdays.
There are currently 613 active cases of COVID-19, and a total of 58,509 people have recovered from the illness since the start of the pandemic.
There are 82 COVID-19 patients in Manitoba hospitals, up from 77 on Monday, including 19 in intensive care, unchanged from the day before.
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