Manitoba health officials announced 5 deaths due to COVID-19 today, with 3 of them in the Prairie Mountain Health region.
The first death to be reported at the Dauphin Regional Health Centre due to COVID-19 is a man in his 80’s.
The other deaths announced today include a woman in her 70’s from Prairie Mountain Health, a woman in her 80’s related to the outbreak at the McCreary/Alonsa Health Centre, and two women in Winnipeg.
Health officials also announced 113 new cases of COVID-19, taking the provincial total to 28,810.
Today’s COVID-19 cases are from the following health regions:
• 10 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region
• 58 cases in the Northern health region
• six cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• six cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region and
• 33 cases in the Winnipeg health region
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 10.8 percent provincially and 6.8 percent in Winnipeg.
Manitoba currently has 3,542 active cases of the virus, with 24,464 people listed as recovered.
There are 145 people in hospital with active COVID-19 and 127 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 272 hospitalizations.
There are 23 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 13 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care for a total of 36 ICU patients.
The number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 804.
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (4), Riding Mountain (3), Porcupine Mountain (51), Duck Mountain (4), Asessippi (12), Little Saskatchewan (6), and Agassiz Mountain (31). Brandon has 57 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 70 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 71.
Manitoba’s top doctor is reminding all Manitobans to only leave their home for essential purposes, practice physically distancing, wear a mask, and do not leave the home if you are sick.
