As COVID-19 cases are rising in the province, so are vaccination efforts. 44.4 percent of Manitobans over the age of 18 have had their first dose.
Today public health officials announced 502 new cases of COVID-19 and four more deaths in the province.
The most recent deaths include two men over the age of 40 from the Southern Health region, a man in his 50s from the Northern Health region, and a man in his 60s from the Winnipeg Health region.
Three of today’s deaths were linked to the B.1.1.7. variant.
The total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 in the province is 997.
Dauphin still has 20 active cases.
There have been a total of 71 recoveries and 3 deaths in Dauphin since the beginning of the pandemic.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 25 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region
• 10 cases in the Northern health region
• 20 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• 48 cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region
• 399 cases in the Winnipeg health region
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 11.6 percent provincially and 13.8 percent in Winnipeg.
There are 3,771 active cases and 37,683 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 153 people in hospital with active COVID-19 and 62 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 215 hospitalizations.
There are 48 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, for a total of 60 ICU patients.
According to the province’s data, there are active cases of COVID-19 in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (20), Riding Mountain (4), Swan River (3), Porcupine Mountain (67), Duck Mountain (1), Agassiz Mountain (65), Asessippi (9), Little Saskatchewan (41), Whitemud (18). Brandon has 100 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 20 active cases of COVID-19. The Fisher/Peguis health district has nine active cases.
