Provincial health officials announced 239 new cases of COVID-19, as well as the highest single-day increase in deaths.
Fifteen more deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported, which the province says range from Nov. 2 to 13.
Eleven are residents from the Maples Long Term Care Home in Winnipeg, the site of the largest outbreak in a Manitoba care home. The other four deaths announced Saturday include a man in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region linked to the outbreak at St. Boniface hospital, and three men from the Southern Health region all at least 70 years of age.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 12.4 per cent provincially and 13.1 per cent in Winnipeg
This brings the total of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 10,453.
Today’s data shows:
• 11 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
• 16 cases in the Northern health region;
• nine cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• 40 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
• 163 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
There are 6,410 active cases and 3,891 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19. Prairie Mountain Health has 165 active cases.
There are 228 people in hospital with 34 people in intensive care; and the number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 152.
A Closer Look At The Parkland
The latest possible exposures in the Prairie Mountain Health region include:
The following Parkland health districts have active cases: Dauphin (2), Riding Mountain (4), Swan River (10, down from 11), Porcupine Mountain (4), Duck Mountain (2), Little Saskatchewan (9), Asessippi (8), Agassiz Mountain (1), and Whitemud (18). Brandon has 59 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 76 active cases. The Fisher/Peguis health district has 154 cases, down from 165.
The chief provincial public health officer urges Manitobans to not socialize with people from outside their household, to significantly reduce the number of close contacts and avoid closed-in or crowded spaces. In addition, they should focus on these fundamentals to help stop the spread of COVID-19:
• Stay home if you are sick, or when any member of your family is sick.
• Physically distance when you are with people outside your household.
• If you cannot physically distance, wear a mask to help reduce the risk to others or as required by public health orders.
Public health officials are also advising that anyone who is symptomatic, or has a household member who is symptomatic, the entire household needs to self-isolate pending COVID-19 test results.
The symptomatic individual needs to stay in their own room and, if possible, use their own bathroom and not use common areas. Exemptions are in place for asymptomatic household members if they are an essential worker required to wear PPE while at work such as health-care workers, first responders or teachers and educational assistants.
