There were 50 new cases of COVID-19 identified in Manitoba on Monday and no new deaths.
Dr. Brent Roussin announced that 18 additional cases of the B.1.1.7 (UK) variant have been identified, bringing the total number of variant cases in Manitoba to 41.
One of the newly announced variant cases is from the Interlake–Eastern health region and 17 are from the Winnipeg health region.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 4.8% provincially and 3.5% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 32,793.
There are 908 active cases and 30,968 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 56 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 95 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 151 hospitalizations.
There are 11 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, for a total of 23 ICU patients.
The total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 917.
Today’s new cases are from the following Manitoba health districts:
• zero cases in Interlake–Eastern health region
• 16 cases in the Northern health region
• zero cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• three 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 (0), Duck Mountain (1), Porcupine Mountain (2), Whitemud (0), Asessippi (2), and Little Saskatchewan (6). Brandon has 9 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has no active cases, and the Fisher/Peguis health district has four.
