First case of Omicron variant reported in Manitoba

Manitoba is reporting its first case of the Omicron variant in the province.

Manitoba is reporting its first case of the Omicron variant in the province.

According to a bulletin sent from the province on Tuesday, the positive case was a person who recently travelled from one of the 10 federally advised countries and has experienced mild symptoms.

“Public health is conducting aggressive case and contact management,” the province wrote in a statement. “If additional public health risks are assessed and it is deemed necessary to protect the health of others, more information will be released.”

The discovery comes on the same day Manitoba reported 93 new COVID-19 cases and four additional deaths.

The deaths were announced on the province’s COVID-19 dashboard, bringing the total during the pandemic to 1,338.

Tuesday’s new cases include 48 people who are not vaccinated, 40 people who are fully vaccinated, and five people with one vaccine dose.

Manitoba’s five-day test positivity rate is 6.4 per cent.