91 new cases of COVID-19 identified in the province today.Three cases have been removed due to data corrections. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 88. Three deaths were reported due to the virus.
The person who died from COVID-19 is identified as:
- a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region;
- a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface;
- a male in his 70s from the Northern health region.
The five-day test positivity rate is currently 3.7 per cent provincially and 2.7 per cent in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 32,509.
Today’s cases are from the following health regions:
- one cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
- 50 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
- 31 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
There are currently 1,204 active cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba with 30,394 people listed as recovered.
156 people are being treated in the hospital of which 54 are considered infectious. 22 people with the virus are in Intensive Care Units with eight of them still considered infectious.
The total number of confirmed variant of concern cases of B.1.1.7 is 11 and B.1.351 is 11, bringing the total number of confirmed variant of concern cases to 22.
911 Manitobans have died since COVID-19 first arrived in the province.
2,116 tests were completed yesterday. Since the virus first arrived in February 2020, there have been 544,042 tests completed.
Public health is advising of a possible exposure to a probable B.1.1.7 variant of concern case at the following locations:
• March 5 – Silver Heights Restaurant at 2169 Portage Ave. in Winnipeg from 5 to 7 p.m.;
• March 6 – Chicken Chef Restaurant at Unicity Mall, 3770 Portage Ave. in Winnipeg from 5 to 7 p.m.; and
• March 6 – Garden City Hairstylists in the Garden City Shopping Centre at #143-2305 McPhillips St. in Winnipeg from noon to 12:30 p.m.
Anyone concerned about their exposure to or risk of having COVID-19 should call Health Links at (204) 788-8200.
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