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The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 8.8 per cent provincially and 8.5 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on June 17, 2021, 183 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, seven cases were removed due to a data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 176 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 54,915.

Information from Automatic Vehicle Location devices installed in light-duty government vehicles is not being used to its full potential, says Auditor General Tyson Shtykalo. This finding is contained in a new recently released report, Automatic Vehicle Location Management Systems.

Stonewall RCMP are currently investigating a recent stabbing incident involving several inmates at Stony Mountain Institution.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.7 per cent provincially and 9.2 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on June 16, 2021, 144 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case was removed due to a data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 143 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 54,739.

Today, people who received their first dose on or before May 14 can book a second-dose appointment. Tomorrow, this will expand at 11:45 am to include people who received their first dose on or before May 18. Manitobans are strongly reminded to only book their appointment based on the date of their first dose or other provincial criteria.

A total of 96 warnings and 108 tickets were issued for the week of June 7 to 13 including 95 $1,296 tickets to individuals, seven $298 tickets to individuals for failure to wear a mask in indoor public places and  two $5,000 tickets to businesses.

With high case counts of COVID-19 in the province and the local community, The Steinbach Chamber of Commerce has announced that the 2021 Pioneer Days Parade will be cancelled, with hopes of a safe return in 2022.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 10.6 per cent provincially and 9.9 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on June 15, 2021, 116 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case was removed due to a data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 115 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 54,596.

In an effort to increase the diversion of disposable masks from landfills, the province has launched an initiative with international recycling operation TerraCycle to recycle disposable masks from 15 locations at Manitoba provincial parks.

VIDO-InterVac is expanding the human clinical trials of its new COVID-19 vaccine beyond Canada to other countries. The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, VIDO-InterVac, received approval from Health Canada just before Christmas to begin human clinical trials of its new COVID-19 vaccine.