Manitoba Public Health announced there were 383 new cases of the virus today. Two cases were removed due to a data correction and one case being from out of province. This brings the total new cases to 381. The total number of lab-confirmed cases stands at 15,288.
Officials have reported 10 additional deaths today due to COVID-19:
- a male in his 50s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region and linked to the outbreak at the Bethesda Regional Health Centre;
- a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region:
- a female in her 70s from the Interlake-Eastern health region;
- a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Maples Long Term Care Home;
- a female in her 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region and linked to the outbreak at Menno Home in Grunthal;
- a male in his 90s from Southern Health–Santé Sud health region and linked to the outbreak at Menno Home in Grunthal;
- a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at Maples Long Term Care Home;
- a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Brightwater Senior Living of Tuxedo;
- a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region;
- a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region.
The five-day test positivity rate in Manitoba is 14.8 per cent. In Winnipeg, the test positivity rate is 14.8
Of the cases reported today there are 26 cases in the Interlake-Eastern Health Region, 29 cases in the Northern Health Region, 15 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health Region, 111 cases in the Southern Health Region and 202 cases in the Winnipeg Health Region.
There are 307 people being treated in hospital with 46 in intensive care.
The number of deaths related to COVID-19 is 266.
There are currently 8,845 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. There are 6,177 people are listed as recovered.
1,509 laboratory tests were completed yesterday. According to Manitoba Public Health, the total number of completed tests since early February is 341,973.
An outbreak has been declared at the Concordia Hospital unit N3 West in Winnipeg. The site has been 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 only leave their homes for essential purposes. When leaving the house to obtain essentials, be sure to physically distance, wear a mask in indoor public places and avoid crowded spaces. Do not leave the home if you are sick, or when any member of your family is sick. Further, do not socialize with anyone from outside your household.
Public health officials are also advising that anyone who is symptomatic or has a household member who is symptomatic, the entire household needs to self-isolate pending COVID-19 test results.
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