There were 139 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths reported in Manitoba on Thursday.
The deaths of a man and a woman both in their 70s from the Winnipeg health region, bring the provincial total to 878.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6% provincially and 4.4% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 31,145.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are from the following health districts:
• five cases in Interlake–Eastern health region
• 75 cases in the Northern health region
• three cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• four cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 52 cases in the Winnipeg health region
There are 1,153 active cases and 29,114 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 84 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 140 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care (224 hospitalizations total).
There are 12 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 15 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care (27 ICU patients total).
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (1), Swan River (0), Porcupine Mountain (0, down from 4), Duck Mountain (1), Asessippi (10), and Agassiz Mountain (0, down from 1). Brandon has 10 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 2 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 10.
