Public health officials announced 276 new cases of COVID-19 and one more death.
Today’s death is a woman in her 60s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 11.5 percent provincially and 12.7 percent in Winnipeg
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 52,531.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 26 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
• 15 cases in the Northern health region;
• 22 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• 54 cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
• 159 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
There are 4,114 active cases and 47,345 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 213 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 81 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious, for a total of 294 hospitalizations.
There are a total of 102 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19 including 44 people in intensive care units in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 19 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, amounting to a total of 63 ICU patients in Manitoba.
There are 39 Manitoba patients in intensive care units outside the province, with 36 in Ontario, one in Saskatchewan, and two in Alberta.
14 patients previously receiving care in an out-of-province ICU have now been returned to Manitoba hospitals.
The total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,072.
According to the province’s data, these are the numbers of active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (46), Riding Mountain (11), Swan River (2), Duck Mountain (4), Porcupine Mountain (56), Agassiz Mountain (49), Asessippi (16), Little Saskatchewan (7), Whitemud (2). Brandon has 36 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 82 active cases of COVID-19. The Fisher/Peguis health district has 13 active cases.
