Manitoba’s daily case count is below 200 for the first time since November 3rd — with 167 new cases announced Monday.
There were also four deaths reported, including three individuals from the Winnipeg health region, and one from the Southern Health region.
The full list of the most recent deaths in Manitoba due to COVID-19 can be found at the bottom of this article.
Health officials have now declared the outbreak at the Swan Valley Health Centre in Swan River over.
Manitoba’s test positivity rate has dropped to the lowest in a month — at 11.5% provincially and 10.5% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is now 23,025.
There are 5,736 active cases and 16,717 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 310 people in hospital with 42 people in intensive care due to COVID-19. The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 572.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• nine cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region
• 25 cases in the Northern health region
• seven cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• 43 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 83 cases in the Winnipeg health region
The province no longer has any active cases listed in the Riding Mountain health district (which includes Gilbert Plains, Winnipegosis, Ethelbert, and the R.M. of Dauphin).
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (2), Riding Mountain (0), Swan River (2), Porcupine Mountain (89), Duck Mountain (9), Asessippi (7), Little Saskatchewan (9), Whitemud (3), and Agassiz Mountain (1). Brandon has 144 active cases.
The Riding Mountain health district no longer has any active cases according to the provincial data | Photo courtesy of the Government of Manitoba
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 32 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 31, according to the province’s latest update.
Public health officials advise four additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a female in her 60s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Park Manor Care
