The province is announcing 474 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, and the deaths of 9 more Manitobans.
All but one of the deaths announced Thursday are individuals from Winnipeg. Four are linked to the Maples Long Term Care Home.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 11 per cent provincially and 11.4 per cent in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is now 9,782.
The number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 132.
Today’s data shows:
· 26 cases in the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority;
· 20 cases in the Northern health region;
· 19 cases in Prairie Mountain Health;
· 94 cases in Southern Health-Santé Sud; and
· 315 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
There are 6,030 active cases and 3,620 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 227 people in hospital with 34 people in intensive care.
The following Parkland health districts have active cases: Swan River (12), Porcupine Mountain (3), Duck Mountain (1), Asessippi (7), Riding Mountain (1), Little Saskatchewan (9), Agassiz Mountain (1), and Whitemud (16). Dauphin has 0 active cases. There are 54 active cases in Brandon, according to the province’s dashboard.
In the Interlake-Eastern region, there are 78 active cases in the Eriksdale/Ashern health district. The Fisher/Peguis health district has 177 active cases.
Effective today, the entire province of Manitoba moved to the Critical level (red) on the Pandemic Response System. Click here to learn more about restrictions and the measures in place.
