173 new cases of COVID-19 were identified in the province today. Two cases were removed due to a data correction making the net-new cases 171. It was also announced that two more people have died from COVID-19.
Those who died from the virus have been identified as:
- a female in her 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to the outbreak at Heritage Life Personal Care Home; and
- a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region and liked to the outbreak at Southeast Personal Care Home.
The five-day test positivity rate is 9.3 per cent provincially and 6.2 per cent in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 28,260.
Today’s cases are from the following health regions:
- 33 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region
- 64 cases in the Northern health region
- 11 cases in Prairie Mountain health region
- nine cases in the Southern health region
- 56 cases in the Winnipeg health region
There are currently 3,261 active cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba with 24,204 people who have been listed as recovered.
274 are being treated in the hospital of which 133 are considered infectious. 39 people with the virus are in Intensive Care Units with 24 of them still considered infectious.
795 Manitobans have died since COVID-19 first arrived in the province.
2,070 tests were completed yesterday. Since the virus first arrived in February 2020, there have been 461,250 tests completed.
An outbreak has been declared at Pembina Manitou Health Centre and Personal Care Home in Manitou, Manitoba.
LINK | Manitoba COVID-19 Dashboard
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