Public health officials announced 343 new cases of COVID-19 today, along with 11 more deaths.
The death of a boy under the age of 10 due to COVID-19 was announced on Saturday. Today Dr. Brent Roussin provided more details, revealing that underlying health issues were also a factor.
The full list of the most recent deaths in Manitoba can be found at the bottom of this article.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
- 23 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
- 46 cases in the Northern health region;
- 14 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- 53 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
- 207 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (7), Riding Mountain (23), Swan River (8), Porcupine Mountain (12), Duck Mountain (27), Asessippi (10), Little Saskatchewan (9), Whitemud (22), Agassiz Mountain (1). Brandon has 129 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 68 active cases. Fisher/Peguis has 96.
Public health officials have declared a COVID-19 outbreak have been declared at the Lakeshore General Hospital in Ashern. The site has been moved to Critical (red) on the Pandemic Response System.
The province has seen a total of 16,825 cases. Of those cases, 9,260 are considered active, and 7,253 have recovered.
There are 342 people in hospital with 43 people in intensive care.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 13.4 percent provincially and 13.7 percent in Winnipeg.
There have been 312 deaths due to COVID-19 in Manitoba.
Public health officials advise 11 additional deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported today including:
- a male in his 30s from the Winnipeg health region;
- a female in her 40s from the Winnipeg health region;
- a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Health Science Centre unit GA3;
- a female in her 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to the outbreak at Fairview Personal Care Home;
- a male in his 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to the outbreak at Fairview Personal Care Home;
- a male in his 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud region, linked to the outbreak at Villa Youville Personal Care Home;
- a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Charleswood Care Centre;
- a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Golden Links Lodge;
- a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at St. Norbert Personal Care Home;
- a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region; and
- a male in his 90s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud region, linked to the outbreak at the Bridgepark Manor assisted living facility.
