Manitoba posted its lowest case numbers in weeks with 221 new cases of COVID-19 announced on Thursday.
Fourteen deaths are also being reported — half of which are related to outbreaks at personal care homes.
The full list of the most recent deaths in Manitoba can be found at the bottom of this article.
The province has an updated online COVID-19 information dashboard — now offering more data related to outbreaks at correctional and health-care facilities and personal care homes. You can browse that data by clicking here.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 13% provincially and 13.2% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is now 22,047.
There are 5,829 active cases and 15,681 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 314 people in hospital with 42 people in intensive care due to COVID-19. The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 537.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 21 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region
• 51 cases in the Northern health region
• 11 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• 27 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 111 cases in the Winnipeg health region
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (5), Riding Mountain (10), Swan River (1), Porcupine Mountain (73), Duck Mountain (17), Asessippi (7), Little Saskatchewan (6), Whitemud (1), and Agassiz Mountain (4). Brandon has 164 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 29 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 31, according to the province’s latest update.
Public health officials advise 14 additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a female in her 30s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• a male in his 40s from the Winnipeg health region
• a female in her 50s from the Winnipeg health region
• a female in her 50s from the Interlake–Eastern health region
• a male in his 60s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region
• a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region
• a male in his 80s from the Interlake–Eastern health region, linked to the outbreak at the Kin Place
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Maples Long Term Care Home
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Convalescent Home of Winnipeg
• a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre
• a female in her 100s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Maples Long Term Care Home
