158 new cases of COVID-19 were identified in the province today. Three cases were removed due to data correction and brings to net new cases to 155. It was also announced that five more people have died from COVID-19.
Those who died from the virus have been identified as:
- a male in his 50s from the Northern health region;
- a male in his 80s from Prairie Mountain Health region and linked to the outbreak at the McCreary/Alonsa Health Centre;
- a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Southeast Personal Care Home;
- a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region; and
- a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre.
The five-day test positivity rate is 9.6 per cent provincially and 7.4 per cent in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 26,695.
Today’s cases are from the following health regions:
- seven cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region
- 70 cases in the Northern health region
- 12 cases in Prairie Mountain health region
- eight cases in the Southern health region
- 61 cases in the Winnipeg health region
There are currently 2,928 active cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba with 23,014 people who have been listed as recovered.
298 are being treated in the hospital of which 119 are considered infectious. 36 people with the virus are in Intensive Care Units with 19 of them still considered infectious.
753 Manitobans have died since COVID-19 first arrived in the province. Due to a data error, one death that had been reported earlier by public health has been removed.
1,778 tests were completed yesterday. Since the virus first arrived in February 2020, there have been 443,683 tests completed.
An outbreak has been declared at Extendicare Tuxedo Villa Personal Care Home.
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