Health officials announced 139 new cases of COVID-19 and three deaths Thursday.
A man and two women all over the age of 70 and from the Winnipeg Health region died from the virus.
18 cases were added in the Prairie Mountain Health region today — and the Swan River health district still has four active cases of COVID-19.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 4.8 per cent provincially and 4.6 per cent in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 34,793.
Officials have detected another 37 cases of the B.1.1.7 variant of concern — 32 are in Winnipeg and two in the Prairie Mountain Health region.
There are 1,066 active cases and 32,781 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 58 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 83 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 141 hospitalizations.
There are 13 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 20 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 33 ICU patients.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are in the following health regions:
• zero cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region
• 55 cases in the Northern health region
• 18 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• six cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 60 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: Swan River (4), Dauphin (0), Riding Mountain (1), Duck Mountain (3), Agassiz Mountain (0), Porcupine Mountain (30), Asessippi (6). Brandon has seven active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has no active cases of COVID-19. The Fisher/Peguis health district has two active cases.
