Manitoba health officials say another person has died due to COVID-19, bringing the total number of virus-related deaths in the province since March to 12.
Dr. Brent Roussin, the chief provincial public health officer, announced the death at a news conference on Wednesday.
The person who died was a man in his 60s from the Grey Health District in the Southern Health–Santé Sud region. Roussin said this was a previously announced case connected to a known cluster, adding the person had been hospitalized in the intensive care unit. Roussin announced 15 new cases of the virus have also been identified as of Wednesday morning, bringing the total number of active cases in Manitoba to 223.This is a developing story. More to come.
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