Health officials in Manitoba reported 90 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, and nine deaths.
Two of the deaths announced Sunday are from the Northern health region, and the rest are in the Winnipeg health region. The total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 in Manitoba is now 927.
Public health officials say the deaths reported today took place between November 2020 and March 2021 — are now being officially reported.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5% provincially and 3.6% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 33,353.
There are 1,185 active cases and 31,241 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 57 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 78 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 135 hospitalizations.
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, for a total of 22 ICU patients.
The total number of confirmed variant of concern cases of B.1.1.7 is 63 and B.1.351 is 13, bringing the total number of confirmed variant of concern cases to 76.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are from the following health regions:
• zero cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region
• 32 cases in the Northern health region
• nine cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• eight cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 41 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 (8), Porcupine Mountain (20), Asessippi (4), and Little Saskatchewan (2). Brandon has 6 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has no active cases of COVID-19. Fisher/Peguis health district has five active cases.
