57 new cases of COVID-19 identified in the province today. One death was reported today due to the virus.
The deceased have been identified as:
- a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Grace Hospital unit 3 South.
The five-day test positivity rate is currently 4.2 per cent provincially and 3.3 per cent in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 33,867.
Today’s cases are from the following health regions:
- zero cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
- 23 cases in the Northern health region;
- one case in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- seven cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
- 26 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
There are currently 1,190 active cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba with 31,744 people listed as recovered.
143 people are being treated in the hospital of which 60 are considered infectious. 28 people with the virus are in Intensive Care Units with 13 of them still considered infectious.
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.
933 Manitobans have died since COVID-19 first arrived in the province.
2,043 tests were completed yesterday. Since the virus first arrived in February 2020, there have been 575,630 tests completed.
LINK | Manitoba COVID-19 Dashboard
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