64 new cases of COVID-19 identified in the province today. Two additional deaths were reported due to the virus.
The people who died from COVID-19 are identified as:
- a male in his 70s from the Interlake–Eastern health region; and
- a male in his 50s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Seven Oaks General Hospital Unit 3U 4-7.
The five-day test positivity rate is currently 4.0 per cent provincially and 3.2 per cent in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 31,950.
Today’s cases are from the following health regions:
- three cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
- 16 cases in the Northern health region;
- two case in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- seven cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
- 36 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
There are currently 1,151 active cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba with 29,901 people listed as recovered.
187 people are being treated in the hospital of which 69 are considered infectious. 25 people with the virus are in Intensive Care Units with 11 of them still considered infectious.
The total number of cases related to variants of concern is eight (6 – B.1.1.7, 2 – B.1.351)
898 Manitobans have died since COVID-19 first arrived in the province.
1,307 tests were completed yesterday. Since the virus first arrived in February 2020, there have been 527,932 tests completed.
LINK | Manitoba COVID-19 Dashboard
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