Public health officials advise three new deaths in persons with COVID-19 have been reported today, including:
- a male in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern;
- a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern; and
- a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 12 per cent provincially and 13 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 221 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case has been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 220 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 52,751.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
- nine cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
- 12 cases in the Northern health region;
- 25 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- 32 cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
- 143 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
The data also shows:
- 4,069 active cases and 47,607 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
- 346 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19 in Manitoba and neighbouring provinces, including:
- 228 people in hospital in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 81 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious, amounting to a total of 309 hospitalizations;
- a total of 99 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19 including:.
- 43 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 62 ICU patients in Manitoba; and
- 37 Manitoba patients in intensive care units outside the province, with 34 in Ontario, one in Saskatchewan and two in Alberta;
- 16 patients previously receiving care in an out of province ICU have now been returned to Manitoba hospitals, including two who were repatriated yesterday;
- 1,993 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 785,905; and
- the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,075.
