Public health officials announced 154 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Wednesday.
Another six deaths due to the virus are also being reported, including a woman in her 90s from the McCreary/Alonsa Health Centre in Prairie Mountain Health. The other five deaths are all individuals from the Winnipeg health region.
Today the outbreak at the Grandview Personal Care Home was declared over. Since the outbreak was first declared on October 30th — a total of 37 cases were identified, with 25 cases among residents and five deaths.
Today the province is also announcing the debut of a new vaccine dashboard. It will be updated daily at Noon with statistics on the number of doses administered, demographics, etc.
At this time, the dashboard shows 1,902 individuals in the Prairie Mountain Health region have received their first vaccine dose — while 22,365 doses have been given out province-wide.
Today’s COVID Numbers In Manitoba
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.5% provincially and 6.7% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 27,893.
The provincial data shows 3,137 active cases and 23,968 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 129 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 144 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care (273 hospitalizations total).
There are 25 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 11 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care (36 ICU patients total).
The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 788.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are from the following health regions:
• 18 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region
• 70 cases in the Northern health region
• eight cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• 10 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 48 cases in the Winnipeg health region
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (5), Riding Mountain (1), Porcupine Mountain (54), Duck Mountain (6), Asessippi (6), Little Saskatchewan (3), Whitemud (1), and Agassiz Mountain (37). Brandon has 59 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 66 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 54.
