Health officials announced 81 new cases of COVID-19 today and 4 more deaths in the province, all in Winnipeg.
Manitoba’s total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 866.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are in the following health regions:
• five cases in Interlake–Eastern health region;
• 25 cases in the Northern health region;
• three cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• 28 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
• 20 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 4.8 percent provincially and four percent in Winnipeg.
There have been a total of 30,588 cases reported in Manitoba since the start of the pandemic.
There are 1,582 active cases and 28,140 people recovered from COVID-19.
There are 90 people in hospital with active COVID-19 and 150 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 240 hospitalizations.
There are 11 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 18 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 29 ICU patients.
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (4), Riding Mountain (0), Swan River (0), Porcupine Mountain (5), Duck Mountain (0), Asessippi (11), Little Saskatchewan (0), Whitemud (0), and Agassiz Mountain (1). Brandon has 16 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 15 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 27.
