Health officials announced 135 new cases of COVID-19 over a two-day span, as there was no update on the holiday Sunday.
Two deaths were announced, a woman in her 60s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, and a woman in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region.
The new COVID-19 cases are in the following health regions:
• three cases in the Interlake–Eastern Health region
• 43 cases in the Northern Health region
• 19 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• seven cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud Health region
• 63 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.1 per cent provincially and 4.3 per cent in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 34,487.
The total number of variant of concern cases remains at 270.
There are 1,280 active cases and 32,267 people who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 66 people in hospital with active COVID-19 and 75 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 141 hospitalizations.
There are 13 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 and 16 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 940.
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 (34), Asessippi (2). Brandon has 6 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.
