Public health officials are reporting 155 new cases of COVID-19 and 18 deaths on Tuesday.
Two of the deaths announced are in the Prairie Mountain Health region — including a woman in her 90s linked to the Grandview Personal Care Home outbreak.
Seven more deaths are also being reported at Winnipeg’s Oakview Place personal care home.
The full list of the most recent deaths in Manitoba due to COVID-19 can be found at the bottom of this article.
The number of active cases in Manitoba as of yesterday was 5,736 — that number is now down to 4,382 today.
Acting deputy chief provincial public health officer, Dr. Jazz Atwal, explains the drop in active case numbers is due to the province addressing a data backlog — moving older cases to the “recovered” category.
“Our case numbers are trending in the right direction,” says Dr. Atwal.
When might the province start looking at relaxing lockdown measures? The World Health Organization says test positivity rates should be below 5% before governments loosen their restrictions.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 11.5% provincially and 10.5% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 23,180.
There are 4,382 active cases and 18,208 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19. There are 275 people in hospital with 36 people in intensive care due to COVID-19.
The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 590.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• nine cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region
• 27 cases in the Northern health region
• 10 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• 17 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 92 cases in the Winnipeg health region
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 (92), Duck Mountain (6), Asessippi (7), Little Saskatchewan (5), Whitemud (3), and Agassiz Mountain no longer has any active cases. Brandon has 123 active cases.
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 18 additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a female in her 80s from the Interlake–Eastern health region, linked to an outbreak at Kin Place in Oakbank
• a female in her 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to an outbreak at Fairview Home in Brandon
• a female in her 90s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to an outbreak at the Grandview Personal Care Home in Grandview
• a female in her 100s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre
• a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region
• a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Oakview Place personal care home
• a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Oakview Place personal care home
• a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the St. Norbert Personal Care Home
• 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 Oakview Place personal care home
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Oakview Place personal care home
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Oakview Place personal care home
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the N3E family medicine unit at Concordia Hospital
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Oakview Place personal care home
• a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Oakview Place personal care home
