Manitoba is reporting 63 new cases of COVID-19 and one death on Monday.
A woman in her 80s from the Northern health region brings the number of people in Manitoba to die with COVID-19 to 907.
The province has now opened up vaccine eligibility to those over the age of 80, and First Nations people age 60 and older.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 3.5% provincially and 2.4% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 32,288.
The provincial data shows 1,145 active cases and 30,236 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 54 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 110 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care (164 hospitalizations total).
There are 10 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 12 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care (22 ICU patients total).
A previously announce death has been removed due to data correction, so the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 remains at 907.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are from the following health districts:
• zero cases in Interlake–Eastern health region
• 36 cases in the Northern health region
• zero cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• two cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 25 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 (0), Duck Mountain (1), Porcupine Mountain (3), Whitemud (1), and Asessippi (4). Brandon has 1 active case.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 2 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 4.
