Public health officials advise seven new deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
- a male in his 60s from the Interlake-Eastern health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern;
- a male in his 70s from the Northern health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern;
- a male in his 70s from the Southern Health- Santé Sud health region;
- a male in his 70s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region, linked to an unspecified variant of concern;
- a male in his 40s from the Winnipeg Health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern;
- a male in his 60s from the Winnipeg Health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern; and
- a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg Health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 12.3 per cent provincially and 13.6 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 292 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 291 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 50,790.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
- 12 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
- 19 cases in the Northern health region.
- 32 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- 46 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
- 183 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
The data also shows:
- 4,569 active cases and 45,169 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
- 233 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 75 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 308 hospitalizations;
- 53 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 21 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 74 ICU patients;
- 2,945 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 767,411; and
- the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,052.
