On Friday health officials in Manitoba announced 116 new cases of COVID-19, and three deaths.
Public health officials are announcing that 46 new confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant of concern have been detected, 44 from the Winnipeg health region and two from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region.
The total number of confirmed variant of concern cases of B.1.1.7 is 109 and B.1.351 is 14, bringing the total number of confirmed variant of concern cases to 123.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 4.4 per cent provincially and 3.6 per cent in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 33,810. There are 1,169 active cases and 31,709 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 58 people in hospital with active COVID-19 and 84 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 142 hospitalizations.
There are 12 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 19 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 31 ICU patients.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are from the following health regions:
• two cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region
• 55 cases in the Northern health region
• three cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• five cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 51 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), Riding Mountain (2), Duck Mountain (1), Porcupine Mountain (34), Asessippi (3), and Little Saskatchewan (0). Brandon has 2 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has no active cases of COVID-19. Fisher/Peguis health district has seven active cases.
