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Manitoba has added 173 new cases of COVID-19 today and 2 deaths today.
One of the deaths is in Winnipeg and the other is in the Southern Health region.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are in the following health districts:
• 33 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region
• 64 cases in the Northern health region
• 11 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• Nine cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region and
• 56 cases in the Winnipeg health region
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.3 percent provincially and 6.2 percent in Winnipeg.
Manitoba has had a total of 28,260 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
There are 3,261 active cases and 24,204 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 133 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 141 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care (274 total hospitalizations).
There are 24 people in intensive care with active COVID-19 and 15 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care (39 total ICU patients).
The number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 795.
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (4), Riding Mountain (2), Porcupine Mountain (54), Duck Mountain (5), Asessippi (9), Little Saskatchewan (3), Whitemud (0, down from 1 yesterday), and Agassiz Mountain (36). Brandon has 59 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 67 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 63.
