Today health officials announced 181 new cases of COVID-19 and one more death due to the virus.
Today's case numbers include cases that were identified on the holiday Friday. Due to the Easter weekend, there will be no COVID-19 update on Sunday. Regular updates will resume on Monday, April 5th.
The most recent death in Manitoba was a woman in her 60’s from Winnipeg.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are in the following health regions:
- one case in the Interlake–Eastern health region
- 70 cases in the Northern health region
- 19 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
- four cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
- 87 cases in the Winnipeg health region
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 4.4 percent provincially and four percent in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 34,352.
The total number of variant of concern cases remains at 270.
There are 1,252 active cases and 32,162 people who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 66 people in hospital with active COVID-19 and 76 people in hospital 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 and 17 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 29 ICU patients.
The total number of deaths in Manitoba is 938.
According to the province’s data, there are active cases of COVID-19 in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (0), Riding Mountain (1), Duck Mountain (1), Porcupine Mountain (33), Asessippi (2). Brandon has 5 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has no active cases of COVID-19. The Fisher/Peguis health district has five active cases.
