The province announced 56 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and two deaths.
The most recent deaths of people with COVID-19 in Manitoba are both women over the age of 80 from Winnipeg health care facilities.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 3.3% provincially and 2.3% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 32,225.
There are 1,130 active cases and 30,188 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 48 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 111 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care (159 hospitalizations total).
There are nine people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 13 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care (22 ICU patients total).
The total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 907.
There have been a total of nine cases of COVID variants detected in Manitoba. Three are the South Africa variant of concern, and six are the variant first detected in the U.K.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are from the following health regions:
• one cases in Interlake–Eastern health region
• 27 cases in the Northern health region
• one case in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• three cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 24 cases in the Winnipeg health region
According to the province’s data, there are active cases of COVID-19 in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (0), Duck Mountain (2), Porcupine Mountain (3), Whitemud (1), and Asessippi (4). Brandon has 1 active case.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 2 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 4.
