Public health officials have announced 203 new cases of COVID-19 and seven more deaths this afternoon.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• seven cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
• 54 cases in the Northern health region;
• 38 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• 19 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
• 85 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
In Dauphin, the active case number has dropped by one compared to yesterday, to eight.
Throughout the Parkland there are active cases in Riding Mountain (3), Swan River (2), Porcupine Mountain (72), Duck Mountain (2), Asessippi (8), Little Saskatchewan (5), Whitemud (3), and Agassiz Mountain (32).
Brandon has 59 active cases and an outbreak has been declared at the Samaritan House Ministry Safe and Warm Shelter in the city. The site has been moved to Critical (red) on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 51 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 43.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is down from yesterday, 9.9 per cent provincially and 9.4 per cent in Winnipeg.
The total number of cases in Manitoba is 26,166, while the provincial data shows the active cases are at 4,664 and 20,769 people have recovered.
229 people are in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 84 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 313 hospitalizations.
There are 33 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as four people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care for a total of 37 ICU patients;
The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 733.
Public health officials have announced seven more deaths due to COVID-19.
- a male in his 50s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
- a male in his 40s from the Winnipeg health region
- a male in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region
- a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region
- a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre
- a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Deer Lodge Centre
- a female in her 100s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Oakview Place Personal Care Home
