A Manitoba man in his 80s with COVID-19 has died, marking the province's ninth fatality connected to the illness. Manitoba's last fatality linked to the illness was on July 22 , when a man in his 70s in the Southern Health region died. He had not been previously hospitalized and was considered a new COVID-19 case, the province said at the time. On Friday, 1,791 more COVID-19 tests were completed in Manitoba, bringing the total number done in the province to 112,283. (Jacques Marcoux/CBC)Public health officials are still only recommending people with COVID-19 symptoms be tested for the illness, the bulletin said.

Source: CBC News August 15, 2020 18:05 UTC