Manitoba Public Health announced today that there are 187 new cases of COVID-19 identified in the province and six more people have died.
Those deaths include:
- a female in her 70s from the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- a male in his 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region;
- a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region;
- a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to outbreak at the Convalescent Home of Winnipeg;
- a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre;
- a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Poseidon Care Centre.
The five-day test positivity rate is 11.2 per cent provincially and 10.4 per cent in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 24,700.
Today’s cases are from the following health regions:
- 18 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region
- 38 cases in the Northern health region
- seven cases in Prairie Mountain health region
- 33 cases in the Southern health region
- 91 cases in the Winnipeg health region
There are currently 4,505 active cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba with 19,528 people who have been listed as recovered.
337 are being treated in the hospital of which 247 are considered infectious. 37 people with the virus are in Intensive Care Units with 33 of them still considered infectious.
667 Manitobans have died since COVID-19 first arrived in the province.
2,083 tests were completed yesterday. Since the virus first arrived in February 2020, there have been 421,630 tests completed.
Outbreaks have been declared at the Tudor House Personal Care Home in Selkirk and the Southeast Personal Care Home in Winnipeg.
NOTE: Manitoba will not be releasing any COVID-19 data on January 1, 2021. Updated numbers will be available on Saturday, January 2, 2021.
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