70 cases of COVID-19, 1 death reported in Manitoba on Wednesday
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Manitoba has 70 new COVID-19 cases and one more death on Wednesday, the province's online dashboard says.
There are 28 new cases in the Winnipeg health region, 24 in the Southern Health region, 12 in the Prairie Mountain Health region, four in the Interlake-Eastern health region and two in the Northern Health region, according to the province's online update.
The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is now 1,207, including 203 linked to more contagious coronavirus variants.
There are currently 592 active cases of COVID-19, and 58,081 people have recovered.
The Manitoba government no longer holds news conferences or sends news releases on Wednesdays to update case numbers and death statistics, although some figures are available online. News releases are sent on Mondays and Thursdays.
The online data shows that the one death reported Wednesday was a person from the Southern Health region whose death is linked to an unspecified variant of concern.
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