Health officials are reporting 10 more deaths due to COVID-19 and 176 new cases today.
All but two of the deaths are in the Winnipeg region, including a man in his 70’s from the Interlake health region and a woman in her 40’s from the Northern health region.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
- 11 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region
- 31 cases in the Northern health region
- 12 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
- 13 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region and
- 109 cases in the Winnipeg health region
Of Manitoba’s 25,541 cases, 4,460 are active and 20,376 people have recovered.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 10.4 percent provincially and 11.5 percent in Winnipeg.
There are 237 people in hospital in hospital with active COVID-19 and 92 people in hospital that are no longer infectious but still require care. (329 total hospitalizations)
There are 32 people in intensive care with active COVID-19 and 5 who are no longer infectious but still need critical care. (37 total ICU patients)
The number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 705.
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (6), Riding Mountain (3), Swan River (2), Porcupine Mountain (76, down from 90), Duck Mountain (2), Asessippi (5), Little Saskatchewan (5), Whitemud (2), and Agassiz Mountain (12, up from 7). Brandon has 31 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 45 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 44.
