After posting the highest daily increase in cases since January on Thursday, Manitoba was back to double digits on Friday with 92 new cases of COVID-19.
Three of the new cases are the B.117 COVID variant. There have now been a total of four cases of COVID "variants of concern" identified in Manitoba.
The cases are all related to international travel and the individuals have since recovered.
Dr. Jazz Atwal says it is expected that the province will see more variants of concern, and that these cases serve as a reminder to continue following public health orders and advice.
Two deaths are also being reported in Manitoba’s latest COVID update — two individuals from the Winnipeg region over the age of 80.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.7% provincially and 4.2% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 31,235.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are from the following health districts:
• two cases in Interlake–Eastern health region
• 50 cases in the Northern health region
• three cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• two cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 35 cases in the Winnipeg health region
There are 1,169 active cases and 29,187 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 80 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 133 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care (213 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).
The total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 879.
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (1), Swan River (0), Duck Mountain (0), and Asessippi (9). Brandon has 11 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 2 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 10.
