Public health officials are reporting three more deaths and 441 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.

This brings Manitoba’s total number of cases to 8,130.

The Manitoba government has extended the state of emergency for the province due to COVID-19 for another 30 days. The state of emergency was first imposed on March 20th.

The latest Manitobans to die after contracting COVID-19 include:
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region; and
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Seine River Retirement Home. 

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.2 percent. The test positivity rate in Winnipeg is 8.9 percent.

Today’s data shows:

• 16 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
• 12 cases in the Northern health region;
• nine cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• 86 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
• 318 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The following Parkland health districts have active cases according to provincial data: Swan River (10), Porcupine Mountain (3), Duck Mountain (1), Asessippi (6), Agassiz Mountain (1), Little Saskatchewan (5), Whitemud (9). Brandon has 33 active cases.

There are 68 active cases in the Interlake’s Eriksdale/Ashern health district. The Fisher/Peguis health district has 183 active cases.

In the entire province of Manitoba, there are 4,849 active cases and 3,175 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19. There are 173 people in hospital with 25 people in intensive care.

The number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 106.

On Monday, the Southern Health region will join Winnipeg in the red ‘critical’ level on the Pandemic Response System.