89 new cases of COVID-19 identified in the province today. Two cases have been removed due to a data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 87. Three more people died from the virus.
Those who died from COVID-19 are identified as:
- a male in his 70s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to an outbreak at the Heritage Life Personal Care Home in Niverville;
- a male in his 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to an outbreak at the Heritage Life Personal Care Home in Niverville; and
- a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region.
The five-day test positivity rate is currently 7.9 per cent provincially and 4.2 per cent in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 29,651.
Today’s cases are from the following health regions:
- 22 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
- 42 cases in the Northern health region;
- three cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- four cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
- 18 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
There are currently 3,466 active cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba with 25,353 people listed as recovered.
255 people are being treated in the hospital of which 104 are considered infectious. 38 people with the virus are in Intensive Care Units with 27 of them still considered infectious.
832 Manitobans have died since COVID-19 first arrived in the province.
1,603 tests were completed yesterday. Since the virus first arrived in February 2020, there have been 478,810 tests completed.
An outbreak has been declared at Actionmarguerite St. Joseph personal care home in Winnipeg.
LINK | Manitoba COVID-19 Dashboard
