51 new cases reported in Manitoba Thursday

There are 51new cases and twomore deaths from COVID-19 in Manitoba Thursday.

A woman in her90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Park Manor Care Home, has died, a news release says.

The total number of people who have died after testing positive for COVID-19 is now 902.

The five-day test positivity rate in Manitoba is now3.2 per cent, and it's 2.6 per cent in Winnipeg.

The majority of the cases reported Thursday were in the Northern Health Region, which has 26 new cases.

Health officials are concerned about the trend of case numbers in Mathias Colomb Cree Nation (Pukatwagan), a remote northern First Nation, and are working with the chief, council and other partners to address the situation, the newsrelease says.

The chief and council have toldcommunity members that public gatherings are not permitted and as ofmidnight, people in the First Nation have been directed to stay home except for essential purposes.

There are 22 new cases in the Winnipeg areaand three cases in the Southern Health region. There are no new cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region or the Prairie Mountain Healthregion.

The total number of confirmed cases involving more transmissible coronavirus variants remains at eight in Manitoba.

There are currently 181 people in the hospital due toCOVID-19, with 24 people in intensive care units.