On Tuesday health officials announced 62 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths, a woman in her 80s and a woman in her 90s, both from the Winnipeg Health region.
The new COVID-19 cases are in the following health regions:
• one case in the Interlake–Eastern Health region
• 23 cases in the Northern Health region
• four cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• one case in the Southern Health–Santé Sud Health region
• 33 cases in the Winnipeg Health region
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.3 per cent provincially and 4.3 per cent in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 34,549.
Public health officials are announcing that five new screened or sequenced cases of the B.1.1.7 variants of concern have been detected, all from the Winnipeg Health region.
The total number of confirmed variant of concern cases of B.1.1.7 is 240, the total number of variant of concern cases of B.1.351 is 20, and the total number of variant of concern cases that have not been categorized is 15, bringing the total number of confirmed variant of concern cases to 275.
There are 1,255 active cases and 32,352 people who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 66 people in hospital with active COVID-19 and 74 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 140 hospitalizations.
There are 14 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 30 ICU patients.
The total number of deaths in Manitoba is 942.
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 (31), Asessippi (3). 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.
