180 new cases and 2 deaths due to COVID-19 have been announced by public health officials on Saturday.
No new information about the outbreaks at St. Paul’s Personal Care Home in Dauphin or the Dauphin Regional Health Centre has been announced.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 10.2% provincially and 7% in Winnipeg.
The total number of cases to date in Manitoba is 27,322. The provincial data says there are 2,986 active cases and 23,575 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
122 people are in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 161 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 283 hospitalizations.
19 people are in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 17 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care for a total of 36 ICU patients.
The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 761. Due to a data error, one death that had been reported earlier has been removed.
The two deaths reported today include:
- a male in his 70s from Southern Health-Santé Sud
- a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
- 10 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
- 69 cases in the Northern health region;
- eight cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- 10 cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
- 83 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (6, down from 10), Riding Mountain (3), Swan River (0), Porcupine Mountain (56), Duck Mountain (7), Asessippi (5), Little Saskatchewan (3), Whitemud (3, down from 4), and Agassiz Mountain (43). Brandon has 72 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 60 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 43.
