Twelve deaths due to COVID-19 have been announced in Manitoba on Monday -- including a man in his 70s at the Grandview Personal Care Home.
This individual is the first death reported at the Grandview site dealing with a COVID outbreak. The province says 30 positive COVID cases have been identified there, with 21 among residents.
The full list of the most recent deaths in Manitoba can be found at the bottom of this article.
The chief nursing officer with Shared Health, Lanette Siragusa, says a paramedic has been deployed at the Grandview PCH to assist the staff as needed. The Grandview Hospital has also suspended some services while staff are redeployed to assist with the outbreak at the Grandview PCH.
An outbreak has been declared today at the Swan Valley Health Centre in Swan River.
Public Health Improves Accuracy Of COVID Data
Another 325 cases of COVID-19 were announced in Manitoba on Monday, bringing the province’s total to 19,131.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 13.7% provincially and 14.6% in Winnipeg.
Dr. Brent Roussin says work has been done to improve the accuracy of the province’s COVID-19 data. “We’ve reviewed older cases and closed a number of them to reflect that those individuals have recovered.”
About 4,000 active cases have been removed from the province’s data today — and there are now 5,462 active cases in Manitoba according to public health (compared to the 9,216 reported yesterday) and 13,262 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 310 people in hospital with 39 people in intensive care due to COVID-19.
The number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 407.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 38 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region
• 37 cases in the Northern health region
• 20 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• 39 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 191 cases in the Winnipeg health region
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (7, up from 6), Riding Mountain (14, down from 19), Swan River (2, down from 10), Porcupine Mountain (11, down from 15), Duck Mountain (21, down from 29), Asessippi (3, down from 11), Little Saskatchewan (4, down from 11), Whitemud (5, down from 23), Agassiz Mountain (1). Brandon’s number of active cases in the province’s data is now 92, down from 171.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 27 active cases. Fisher/Peguis has 36.
Public health officials advise 12 additional deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a female in her 60s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to the outbreak at Health Science Centre unit GA3
• a female in her 70s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• a male in his 70s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to the outbreak at Grandview Personal Care Home
• a female in her 70s from the Interlake–Eastern health region
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region
• a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Golden Links Lodge
• a female in her 80s from the Northern health region, linked to the outbreak at Acute Care Inpatient Unit of The Pas Health Complex, St. Anthony's General Hospital
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region
• a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region
• a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the St. Norbert Personal Care Home
• a male in his 90s from the Northern health region
