1,494 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified today. Public health officials are reporting five deaths related to the virus today.
The current provincial COVID-19 test positivity rate is 30.7 per cent provincially.
There are 9,924 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. 192 people are in hospital due to COVID-19 including 30 patients being treated in ICU.
4,343 lab tests were taken yesterday. That brings the total number of COVID-19 tests completed in the province since February 2020 to 1,274,354
The total number of people who died from the virus in Manitoba is 1,392.
Outbreaks have been declared at:
- Children’s Hospital, unit CH4, in Winnipeg;
- Children’s Hospital, unit CH5, in Winnipeg;
- Actionmarguerite St. Joseph personal care home in Winnipeg; and
- The Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre personal care home in Winnipeg.
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