Public health officials advise three additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today:
- a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Seven Oaks Hospital 3U1-3;
- a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Seven Oaks Hospital 3U4-7; and
- a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.3 per cent provincially and 4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 95 new cases of the virus have been identified. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 31,329.
Case investigations continue and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
- three cases in Interlake-Eastern health region;
- 59 cases in the Northern health region;
- zero cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- two cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
- 31 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
The data also shows:
- 1,207 active cases and 29,240 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
- 79 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 127 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 206 hospitalizations;
- 16 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 15 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care for a total of 31 ICU patients; and
- the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 882.
- The total number of variants of concern cases is four.
