Manitoba health officials are reporting 83 new cases of COVID-19 in the province on Tuesday.
There are no deaths being reported by the province today due to what’s being called a “data reset” aimed at improving the overall data reporting system.
The deaths will be updated and reported tomorrow.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 7.6% and 4.1% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 29,733.
Provincial data shows 3,421 active cases and 25,480 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 99 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 155 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care (254 hospitalizations total).
There are 24 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 12 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care (36 ICU patients total).
The total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 in Manitoba is 832.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are broken down as follows:
• five cases in Interlake–Eastern health region
• 53 cases in the Northern health region
• five cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• two 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 (1), Riding Mountain (1), Porcupine Mountain (50), Duck Mountain (2), Asessippi (13), Little Saskatchewan (8), Whitemud (1), and Agassiz Mountain (15). Brandon has 31 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 70 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 76.
As of 4 p.m. today, Manitoba's state of emergency was extended for another 30 days.
