Health officials announced 59 new cases of COVID-19 and six more deaths today.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are in the following health regions:
• one case in Interlake–Eastern health region
• 31 cases in the Northern health region
• two cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• four cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 21 cases in the Winnipeg health region
There has been a total of 30,417 cases identified province-wide. The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 in Manitoba is 859.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.2 percent provincially and 4.1 percent in Winnipeg.
There are 1,573 active cases and 27,985 people who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 99 people in hospital with active COVID-19 and 156 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 255 hospitalizations.
There are 17 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 and 17 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 34 ICU patients.
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (4), Riding Mountain (1), Porcupine Mountain (6), Duck Mountain (0), Asessippi (8), Little Saskatchewan (0), Whitemud (2), and Agassiz Mountain (1). Brandon has 18 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 16 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 26.
Public health officials advise six additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a male in his 70s from the Northern health region, linked to outbreaks at St. Paul’s Personal Care Home in the Pas and St. Anthony’s General Hospital, dialysis unit;
• a female in her 70s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to the outbreak at Heritage Life Personal Care Home;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Bethania Mennonite Personal Care Home;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Parkview Place Personal Care Home;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region; and
• a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region.
