Manitoba Public Health announced there were 239 new cases of the virus today. Two cases were removed due to being out of province and a data correction. This brings the net new cases to 237. The total number of lab-confirmed cases stands at 10,216.
15 additional deaths were reported on Saturday, November 14, 2020, 11 of them linked to Maples personal Care Home. The province says that the deaths reported today occurred between November 2 to November 13.
- a female in her 60s, a female in her 70s, two females in their 80s, three males in their 80s, three females in their 90s, a male in his 90s all from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at Maples Long Term Care Home;
- a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at St. Boniface hospital;
- two males in their 70s and a male in his 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region.
The five-day test positivity rate in Manitoba is 12.4 per cent. In Winnipeg, the test positivity rate is 13.1.
Of the cases reported today there are 11 cases in the Interlake-Eastern Health Region, 16 cases in the Northern Health Region, nine cases in the Prairie Mountain Health Region, 40 cases in the Southern Health Region and 163 cases in the Winnipeg Health Region.
There are 228 people being treated in hospital with 34 in intensive care.
The number of deaths related to COVID-19 is 152.
There are currently 6,410 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, of those 4,718 are in Winnipeg. There are 3,891 people are listed as recovered.
2,971 laboratory tests were completed yesterday. According to Manitoba Public Health, the total number of completed tests since early February is 307,056.
OUTBREAKS
Outbreaks have been declared at Unit 4 south at Victoria General Hospital in Winnipeg, Stony Mountain Institution in Stony Mountain, Menno Home in Grunthal, Salem Home in Winkler, Vita and District Personal Care Home in Vita and the Rod McGillivary Care Home in Opaskwayak Cree Nation.
All sites have moved to Critical on the Pandemic Response System.
Information on possible exposures in all regions can be accessed through the following links:
The chief provincial public health officer urges Manitobans to not socialize with people from outside their household, to cut down the number of close contacts and avoid closed-in or crowded spaces.
Officials are advising the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region that anyone who is symptomatic, or has a household member who is symptomatic, the entire household needs to self-isolate. The symptomatic individual needs to stay in their own room and, if possible, use their own bathroom and not use common areas.
Public health is continuing to advise Winnipeg residents and visitors to the city to stay home if sick, wash your hands, cover your cough and physically distance when you are with people outside your household. If you cannot physically distance, you should wear a mask to help reduce your risk. Reduce the number of close contacts outside your household, and avoid closed-in or crowded spaces.
Officials advise that only people showing symptoms of COVID-19 should go for testing. If you do have symptoms you should seek testing as soon as possible once symptoms appear.
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