Manitoba records 102 new COVID cases; three deaths reported Tuesday

Manitoba has once again hit triple digits with new COVID-19 cases, as the province recorded 102 new cases on Tuesday.

Manitoba has once again hit triple digits with new COVID-19 cases, as the province recorded 102 new cases on Tuesday.

Of the new cases announced, 63 were not vaccinated, 11 had at least one dose of the vaccine and 28 were fully vaccinated.

This also pushes the active case count to 1,007 and there have been 62,332 cases since the start of the pandemic.

Currently the five-day test positivity rate in the province is 3.3 per cent.

The province also recorded three new deaths related to the virus on Tuesday, bringing the total to 1,234.

There are 92 people in hospital due to COVID-19, 56 of those people are still infectious. There are also 14 people in the ICU, 10 have active COVID.

The majority of the active hospital cases are unvaccinated with 42, while three are partially vaccinated and 11 are fully vaccinated.