Health officials announced 273 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, along with 7 more deaths.
None of the deaths announced are from the Prairie Mountain Health region. Five of the seven recently announced deaths were in care homes.
The full list of the most recent deaths in Manitoba can be found at the bottom of this article.
There are ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks at several health care facilities in Prairie Mountain Health.
The latest update from the province on Friday reports a total of 41 cases identified at the Gilbert Plains Personal Care Home (17 staff, 24 non-staff, 8 deaths). A total of 33 COVID cases have reported at the Grandview PCH (10 staff, 23 non-staff, 2 deaths). One staff member tested positive at the Winnipegosis PCH and is now considered recovered.
A 2nd outbreak at the Swan Valley Health Centre was declared on Dec. 7 — the province says the outbreak is linked to the positive COVID test of an individual considered “non-staff”.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 13.5% provincially and 13% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is now 21,023.
There are 5,728 active cases and 14,805 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 304 people in hospital with 43 people in intensive care due to COVID-19.
The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 490.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 17 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region
• 50 cases in the Northern health region
• 18 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• 22 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 166 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (4), Riding Mountain (10), Swan River (1), Porcupine Mountain (43), Duck Mountain (19), Asessippi (4), Little Saskatchewan (5), Whitemud (1), Agassiz Mountain (1). Brandon has 134 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 26 active cases. Fisher/Peguis has 36.
Public health officials advise seven additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
- a female in her 70s from the Interlake-Eastern health region, linked to the Kin Place outbreak in Oakbank;
- a female in her 60s from the Northern health region;
- a male in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the St. Norbert Personal Care Home;
- a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre
- a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the N3W unit at Concordia Hospital
- a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Maples Long Term Care Home
- a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at Park Manor Care
