116 new cases of COVID-19 identified in the province today. Two cases have been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 114. Three deaths were reported today due to the virus.
The deceased have been identified as:
- a male in his 70s from the Interlake–Eastern health region;
- a male in his 60s from the Northern health region; and
- a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region.
The five-day test positivity rate is currently 4.4 per cent provincially and 3.6 per cent in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 33,810.
Today’s cases are from the following health regions:
- two cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
- 55 cases in the Northern health region;
- three cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- five cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
- 51 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
There are currently 1,169 active cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba with 31,709 people listed as recovered.
142 people are being treated in the hospital of which 58 are considered infectious. 31 people with the virus are in Intensive Care Units with 12 of them still considered infectious.
46 new confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant of concern have been detected. 44 of the cases are from the Winnipeg Health region and two are from Southern Health.
The total number of confirmed variant of concern cases of B.1.1.7 is 109 and B.1.351 is 14, bringing the total number of confirmed variant of concern cases to 123.
932 Manitobans have died since COVID-19 first arrived in the province.
1,959 tests were completed yesterday. Since the virus first arrived in February 2020, there have been 573,567 tests completed.
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