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Manitoba more than doubles daily COVID-19 record with 480 new cases Winnipeg moving to red, rest of province to orange on Manitoba's pandemic scale Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba's chief public health officer, speaks during the province's COVID-19 update at the Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg on Friday. (John Woods/The Canadian Press) Manitoba more than doubled its previous record for the most new COVID-19 cases announced on one day, with 480 infections reported on Friday, following a week that has broken new records for daily cases and hospitalizations day after day. There are now 104 people in hospital with COVID-19 — 79 in Winnipeg — another record in a continuing record-breaking streak that is putting increasing strain on hospitals in Winnipeg. "The numbers today will strike fear in many Manitobans," Chief Nursing Officer Lanette Siragusa said at an afternoon news conference, adding that many health-care workers will feel that fear most acutely. "But I also