Public health officials advise two additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today:
- a male in his 70s from the Southern Health – Sante Sud health region, linked to the outbreak at Heritage Life Personal Care Home in Niverville; and
- a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.3 per cent provincially and 4.1 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 58 new cases of the virus have been identified. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 31,386.
Case investigations continue and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
- four cases in Interlake-Eastern health region;
- 25 cases in the Northern health region;
- zero cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- five cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
- 24 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
The data also shows:
- 1,180 active cases and 29,322 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
- 77 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 131 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 208 hospitalizations;
- 13 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 18 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 31 ICU patients;
- the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 884; and
- the total number of confirmed variant of concern cases is four.
