On Friday health officials announced 222 new cases of COVID-19 and nine deaths due to the virus.
It was also a day on which a two-week extension to the lockdown restrictions was announced.
The measures — first put into effect November 12 — have closed non-essential businesses, gyms, restaurants, casinos, recreation facilities, movie theatres, concert halls, libraries, and churches.
Current public health orders also limit close contacts to people within the same household, and cap indoor and outdoor gathering sizes at 5 people.
Looking ahead, Dr. Roussin has been seeing improvements in our numbers, but says health officials are concerned about a possible spike related to the holidays.
Officials say 355 current cases in Manitoba are linked to holiday gatherings, with nearly 1,900 contacts as a result. Roussin says public health is aware of one holiday gathering of more than two-dozen people.
Today’s Numbers
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 10.1% provincially and 10.3% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 25,963.
There are 4,582 active cases and 20,655 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 227 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 88 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care (315 hospitalizations in total).
There are 31 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as four people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care (35 ICU patients in total).
The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 726.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 16 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region
• 69 cases in the Northern health region
• 27 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• 13 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 97 cases in the Winnipeg health region
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (9, up from 6 yesterday), Riding Mountain (1), Swan River (2), Porcupine Mountain (72), Duck Mountain (2), Asessippi (8), Little Saskatchewan (5), Whitemud (3), and Agassiz Mountain (24). Brandon has 40 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 51 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 44.
Public health officials advise nine additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a male in his 70s from the Northern health region
• a female in her 70s from Prairie Mountain Health, linked to the outbreak at Fairview Personal Care Home
• a female in her 90s from Prairie Mountain Health, linked to the outbreak at Fairview Personal Care Home
• a female in her 90s from Prairie Mountain Health
• a male in his 50s from the Winnipeg health region
• a male in his 50s from the Winnipeg health region
• a female in her 50s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Health Science Centre GH4
• a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Southeast Personal Care Home
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region
Public health officials have declared several outbreaks across the province today, including one at Lions Prairie Manor in Portage la Prairie. The site has been moved to Critical (red) on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System.
