MANITOBA COVID-19 UPDATE OCT. 30:
- 480 new cases
- 5,374 total
- 2,737 active cases
- 65 deaths (M90s, 12-M80s, 11-M70s, 3-M60s, 3-M50s, 3-M40s, W-100s, 7-W90s, 12-W80s, 6-W70s, 3-W60s)
- 104 hospital, 19 ICU
- 2,423 recoveries
- 253,357 tests
- 2,865 tests yesterday
- TP 8.6%

New cases:

Winnipeg - 309
Southern - 94
Interlake-Eastern - 42
Northern - 25
Prairie Mountain - 10

New records:

Cases - 480
Active cases - 2,737
Hospitalizations - 104
ICU - 19
TP rate: 8.6%

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Critical level (red) in the Winnipeg Metro Region – Effective Monday, Nov. 2, the Winnipeg Metro Region will move to the Critical level (red) on the Pandemic Response System.

This includes the following changes:
- Bars and restaurants will be closed except for take-out and delivery.
- Most retail will be reduced to 25 per cent capacity.
- Sports and recreation programming will be suspended.

- Gyms and fitness centres will have reduced capacity to 25 per cent and masks will be mandatory, even when exercising.
- Movie theatres and concert halls will close.
- Personal services have no change and stay at 50 per cent capacity.

- Non-urgent, elective surgeries and diagnostics will be suspended. Scheduled surgeries in a number of essential and time-sensitive areas will continue to be performed including cancer, cardiac and trauma. Patients will be contacted directly if scheduled surgeries are affected.

- Visitation at all Manitoba hospitals has been suspended, with exceptions made on a case-by-case basis for patients receiving end-of-life care, in labour and delivery, as well as in pediatrics.
- Faith-based gatherings are reduced to 15 per cent or 100 people, whichever is lower

• Restricted level (orange) in rest of Manitoba: The Southern Health–Santé Sud, Prairie Mountain Health and Interlake–Eastern health regions will move to the Restricted level effective Monday, Nov. 2, joining the Northern health region at orange.

- Public and private group gathering sizes limited to 5, in addition to household
- Capacity limited to 50 per cent at restaurants and bars, with group sizes limited to five.
- Reduced retail capacity to 50 per cent, encouraging limiting those who go shopping from each household.

- Blended learning for grades 9 to 12, voluntary blended learning temporarily available for kindergarten to Grade 8, encouraging as much physical distancing as possible.
- Personal services have no change and stay at 50 per cent capacity.

Reduced spectators at sports and recreation facilities to 25 per cent.
- Gyms and fitness centers require contact information for all attendees and mask use at all times, except when exercising.

- Faith-based gatherings are reduced to 20 per cent or 250 people, whichever is lower.

In addition to these changes, the province is encouraging businesses in the Winnipeg Metro Region, including the public service, to have staff work from home wherever possible...

... and for residents to stay home when sick and take whatever action possible to reduce their contacts and otherwise gathering in public.

Here is the full list for Winnipeg Metro:

And here is the full list for Manitoba Orange:

Roussin says these restrictions are needed to get on top of the virus.

“The incubation period for this virus is up to 14 days – if we limit our contacts and stay home, we could see drastic reductions in transmission within weeks,” said Dr. Roussin.

“We have done this before and I am confident we can do it again. But we need to be serious about this if we want to bend the curve.”

Deaths

Man in his 80s
Woman in 80s
Woman in 90s

All from Winnipeg. all linked to Parkview Place.

Updated death statistics:

- 65 deaths (M90s, 13-M80s, 11-M70s, 3-M60s, 3-M50s, 3-M40s, W-100s, 8-W90s, 13-W80s, 6-W70s, 3-W60s)

480 cases are because of backlog. Not all today.

237 cases yesterday, it appears.

More staff have been shifted to clear the backlog, again.

Winnipeg test positivity rate is 9.7%

There are 22 deaths at Parkview Place.

The 480 cases are broken down like this:

2 were identified Oct. 25
4 were identified Oct. 26
44 were identified Oct. 27
193 were identified Oct. 28
237 were identified Oct. 29

Outbreak updates were given but they don't match.

Public health advises that outbreaks have been declared at;

• Deer Lodge Centre long term care unit, Winnipeg;

• Pembina Place personal care home, Winnipeg;

• Grandview personal care home, Dauphin.

All three facilities have gone red.

ICU capacity at 86%. 68 of 71 beds used up.