Manitoba added the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in months — with 53 announced on Monday.
Four deaths are also being reported, including two women over the age of 60 from the Northern health region, a woman in her 80s from the Southern health region, and a man in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region.
Health officials are declaring the outbreak over at Dauphin’s St. Paul’s Personal Care Home. Only one case — a staff member — was recorded at the facility since the outbreak was declared on January 12th.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.9% provincially and 4.2% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 30,289.
There are 1,622 active cases (down from 3,256 reported yesterday) and 27,817 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 105 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 166 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care (271 hospitalizations total).
There are 15 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 19 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care (34 ICU patients total).
The total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 850.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are from the following health regions:
• three cases in Interlake–Eastern health region
• 12 cases in the Northern health region
• three cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• four cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 31 cases in the Winnipeg health region
Province Improving The Accuracy Of Data
Dr. Brent Roussin says Manitobans will notice a significant decrease in active cases in today’s data, which he says reflects the province working to clear old cases from “active” over to the “recovered” category.
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (6), Riding Mountain (1), Porcupine Mountain (7, down from 43), Duck Mountain (0), Asessippi (8), Little Saskatchewan (1), Whitemud (2), and Agassiz Mountain (2). Brandon has 20 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 17 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 26.
