There were 89 new cases of COVID-19 and three deaths identified in Manitoba in the past 24 hours.
The three deaths announced Monday include two men from the Southern Health region’s Heritage Life Personal Care Home in Niverville, as well as a woman in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region.
On Monday, Dr. Brent Roussin was asked which public health restrictions may be relaxed when the current health orders expire on February 12. He responded that it’s too early to say at this time, adding that officials will aim to reveal any possible changes to the orders about one week in advance “to start giving Manitobans notice of the types of things we’re looking at [changing].”
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 7.9% provincially and 4.2% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 29,651.
The provincial data shows 3,466 active cases and 25,353 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 104 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 151 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care (255 hospitalizations total).
There are 27 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 11 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care (38 ICU patients total).
The total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 832.
Today’s new cases are from the following health regions:
• 22 cases in Interlake–Eastern health region
• 42 cases in the Northern health region
• three cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• four cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 18 cases in the Winnipeg health region
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (2), Riding Mountain (1), Porcupine Mountain (50), Duck Mountain (2), Asessippi (13), Little Saskatchewan (8), Whitemud (1), and Agassiz Mountain (19). Brandon has 37 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 69 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 77.
