Public health officials reported 126 new cases of COVID-19 today and 3 more deaths.
The three deaths include two women from Winnipeg and a woman from the Southern Health region.
Today’s new cases of COVID-19 are in the following health regions:
• 24 cases in Interlake–Eastern health region
• 55 cases in the Northern health region
• seven cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• eight cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 32 cases in the Winnipeg health region
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6.9 percent provincially and 3.9 percent in Winnipeg.
Manitoba has a total of 29,857 cases province-wide. The total number of deaths is 835.
Of Manitoba’s cases, 3,358 are active cases and 25 people have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 105 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 155 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 260 hospitalizations.
There are 22 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 and 12 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 34 ICU patients.
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (1), Riding Mountain (1), Porcupine Mountain (49), Duck Mountain (1), Asessippi (13), Little Saskatchewan (8), Whitemud (1), and Agassiz Mountain (10). Brandon has 30 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 70 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 76.
