The Province of Manitoba is reporting 342 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 for the week of Sept. 4-10.
The number is down from the week prior, when 475 cases were confirmed.
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Currently 65 people remain hospitalized with COVID-19, while ten are in the intensive case unit.
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Seven more Manitobans with the virus died in that week.
The province also says wastewater surveillance data for the City of Winnipeg as of Sept. 8 shows an increase in COVID-19 activity in comparison to the final week of August.
The latest provincial update also says the positivity rate of lab tests was 19.9 per cent for the week of Sept. 4-10, a decrease from 22.5 per cent the week prior.
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