Health officials in Manitoba announced 70 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and one death.
The province’s most recent death of someone with COVID-19 is a man in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 4.3% provincially and 3.8% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 31,657.
None of today’s new cases have been identified as COVID variants of concern. Manitoba has recorded a total of five cases of the variant first detected in the U.K.
There are 1,206 active cases and 29,563 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 75 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 121 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care (196 hospitalizations in total).
There are 10 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 16 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care (26 ICU patients total).
The total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 888.
Today’s new cases are from the following health regions:
• seven cases in Interlake–Eastern health region
• 30 cases in the Northern health region
• zero cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• two cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 31 cases in the Winnipeg health region
According to the province’s data, there are active cases of COVID-19 in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (1), Porcupine Mountain (1) and Asessippi (5). Brandon has 8 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 2 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 10.
