Manitoba is starting off the week with another 241 new cases of COVID-19, and nine more deaths.
The recently announced deaths include a man in his 40s from the Winnipeg health region, as well as 6 individuals over the age of 80 in Winnipeg care homes.
The full list of the most recent deaths in Manitoba can be found at the bottom of this article.
Today, Dr. Brent Roussin reiterated the importance of keeping contacts to a minimum over the holidays, saying “if we gather over these coming weeks, we’re going to see an escalation in cases. Try to maintain our household contacts as our only contacts, as much as possible.”
“We’re going to celebrate differently this year.”
He says we’re starting to see some trends of our numbers coming down, adding “if we let our guards down and have gatherings, even on just one day, we’re set up for a lot of transmission and we’ll see the results of that a week or two after the holidays.”
With the improvements in overall case numbers, Roussin says it’s encouraging but that he expected to see more of a downward trend.
“I’m still concerned with the test positivity rate … but we’ve managed to change our trajectory away from that worst-case scenario.”
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is now 21,264.
There are 5,791 active cases in Manitoba and 14,974 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 303 people in hospital with 39 people in intensive care due to COVID-19. The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 499.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 13.6% provincially and 13% in Winnipeg.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 10 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region
• 23 cases in the Northern health region
• 12 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• 38 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 158 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 (44), Duck Mountain (18), Asessippi (5), Little Saskatchewan (5), and Whitemud (1). The Agassiz Mountain health district no longer has any active cases. Brandon has 142 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 27 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 36, according to the province’s latest update.
Public health officials advise nine additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today, including:
• a male in his 40s from the Winnipeg health region
• a male in his 50s from the Winnipeg health region
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Park Manor Personal Care Home
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Convalescent Home of Winnipeg
• a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Fred Douglas Lodge
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Convalescent Home of Winnipeg
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Convalescent Home of Winnipeg
• a female in her 90s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud region, linked to the outbreak at the Rest Haven Nursing Home
