The eligibility criteria for the COVID19 vaccine has been expanded to include Manitobansaged 69 years of age and older and First Nations people aged 49 years of age and older.
Today 93 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death were announced in Manitoba, a man in his 30s from the Northern Health Region.
No new cases of variants of concern have been identified today, but one case previously identified as a B.1.1.7. variant of concern case as a B.1.351 variant of concern case.
The total number of variant cases of concern in the province is 76.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are in the following health regions:
• one case in the Interlake–Eastern health region
• 29 cases in the Northern health region
• 14 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• 10 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 39 cases in the Winnipeg health region
There have been a total number of 33,176 cases identified and 919 deaths in the province since the start of the pandemic.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 4.7 per cent provincially and 3.5 per cent in Winnipeg.
There are 1,127 active cases and 31,130 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 58 people in hospital with active COVID-19 and 78 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 136 hospitalizations.
There are 10 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 and 11 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 21 ICU patients.
According to the province’s data, there are active cases of COVID-19 in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (0), Duck Mountain (9), Porcupine Mountain (11), Asessippi (3), and Little Saskatchewan (3). Brandon has 7 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has zero active cases, and the Fisher/Peguis health district has five.
