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COVID-19 death toll jumps as new case number drops slightly

Manitoba Public Health announced that as of 9:30 am today there are 155 new cases of COVID-19 in the province and an additional 18 deaths including:

  • a female in her 80s from the Interlake–Eastern health region, linked to an outbreak at Kin Place in Oakbank;
  • a female in her 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to an outbreak at Fairview Home in Brandon;
  • a female in her 90s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to an outbreak at the Grandview Personal Care Home in Grandview;
  • a female in her 100s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region;
  • a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre;
  • a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region;
  • a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region;
  • a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region;
  • a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Oakview Place personal care home;
  • a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Oakview Place personal care home;
  • a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the St. Norbert Personal Care Home;
  • a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region;
  • a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Oakview Place personal care home;
  • a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Oakview Place personal care home;
  • a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Oakview Place personal care home;
  • a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the N3E family medicine unit at Concordia Hospital;
  • a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Oakview Place personal care home;
  • a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Oakview Place personal care home.

The current provincial five-day test positivity rate is 11.5 per cent. The test positivity rate in Winnipeg is 10.5 per cent. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 23,180.

The data shows that of today’s cases, nine are from the Interlake-Eastern health region, 27 from Northern health region, 10 from the Prairie Mountain Health region, 17 from Southern Health region and 92 from the Winnipeg health region.

There are currently 275 people being treated in hospital for the virus including 36 who are being treated in intensive care.

As of today 590 Manitobans have died from COVID-19.

There are currently 4,382 active cases. 18,208 people are listed as recovered.

There were 1,497 tests processed yesterday bringing the total number of tests since February to 407,233.

An outbreak has been declared at the Le Chalet de La Broquerie assisted living facility in La Broquerie.

Information on possible exposures in all regions can be accessed through the following links:

Northern Region

Interlake- Eastern Region

Prairie Mountain Region

Southern Health Region

Winnipeg Region

Flight Information

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