Manitoba health officials are reporting 350 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday.
Ten deaths are also being announced — including a man in his 80s from the Gilbert Plains Personal Care Home.
The full list of the most recent deaths in Manitoba can be found at the bottom of this article.
Manitoba’s acting deputy chief provincial public health officer, Dr. Jazz Atwal, says "54 of 63 First Nations communities have had a case of COVID-19.”
Dr. Atwal also reminded Manitoba’s to refrain from all non-essential travel — both within the province and outside of Manitoba — over the holidays.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 13.6% provincially and 13.1% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 22,397. There are 5,602 active cases and 16,248 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 in Manitoba.
There are 305 people in hospital with 43 people in intensive care due to COVID-19. The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 547.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 40 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region
• 89 cases in the Northern health region
• 31 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• 57 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 133 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 (9), Swan River (3), Porcupine Mountain (77), Duck Mountain (17), Asessippi (6), Little Saskatchewan (6), Whitemud (3), and Agassiz Mountain (4). Brandon has 164 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 30 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 30, according to the province’s latest update.
Public health officials advise 10 additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a male in his 40s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• a male in his 50s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to the outbreak at the Morris General Hospital
• a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region
• a female in her 70s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• a female in her 80s from the Interlake–Eastern health region, linked to the outbreak at Kin Place
• a male in his 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to the outbreak at the Gilbert Plains personal care home
• a male in his 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to the outbreak at the Salem Home
• 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 Charleswood Care Centre
• a male in his 90s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
