***There will be no daily COVID-19 updates from the province on Christmas, Boxing Day, or New Years Day.
Manitoba is in a “make or break” type of situation over the holidays, according to acting deputy chief public health officer Dr. Jazz Atwal.
The current public health guidance for the holidays in Manitoba can be found here.
On Thursday, public health officials announced 244 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths. Thursday's will be the last update on the province's COVID numbers until the next bulletin on Sunday, Dec. 27.
The full list of the most recent deaths in Manitoba due to COVID-19 can be found at the bottom of this article.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 10.6% provincially and 10.6% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 23,624.
There are 4,489 active cases and 18,518 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19. There are 254 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 92 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care — for a total of 346 hospitalizations.
There are 35 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 infections, as well as six people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care — for a total of 41 ICU patients.
The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 617.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 44 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region
• 41 cases in the Northern health region
• three cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• 42 cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud region
• 114 cases in the Winnipeg health region
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (1), Swan River (1), Porcupine Mountain (94), Duck Mountain (5), Asessippi (5), Little Saskatchewan (6), Whitemud (0, down from 3), and Agassiz Mountain (4). Brandon has 81 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 30 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 31, according to the province’s latest update.
Public health officials advise 12 additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today, including:
• a female in her 30s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud region
• a female in her 80s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud region
• a male in his 80s from the Northern health region
• a female in her 50s from the Winnipeg health region
• a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region
• a male in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region
• a male in his 60s 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
• a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region
