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New restrictions take effect in Manitoba amid rising COVID-19 cases

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Healthcare workers are seen as motorists line up at a COVID-19 testing facility in Burnaby, B.C., on Thursday, August 13, 2020. The Fraser Health region that extends from Burnaby to Hope remains the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic in B.C., with much of the transmission happening in private homes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

The province with the largest per-capita caseload of active COVID-19 infections in the country is imposing new restrictions as of today.

Manitoba is shutting down bars, museums and theatres, limiting restaurants to deliveries and curbside pickups and putting a cap on gatherings to five people.

The province reported 5,676 active cases yesterday, and its deadliest day of the pandemic so far.

Ontario recorded another record number of COVID-19 cases yesterday and Premier Doug Ford's government is set to unveil new modelling numbers later today.

Health officials in BC will also unveil their latest epidemiological models today.

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