80 new cases of COVID-19 identified in the province today. Five additional deaths reported due to the virus.
Those who died from COVID-19 are identified as:
- a male in his 70s from the Interlake-Eastern health region linked to the outbreak at Kin Place Personal Care Home;
- a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region;
- a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region;
- a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region linked to the outbreak at Charleswood Care Centre; and
- a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region linked to the outbreak at Concordia Place Personal Care Home.
The five-day test positivity rate is currently 5.2 per cent provincially and 3.9 per cent in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 30,766.
Today’s cases are from the following health regions:
- two cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
- 44 cases in the Northern health region;
- one case in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- four cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
- 29 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
There are currently 1,619 active cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba with 29,276 people listed as recovered.
226 people are being treated in the hospital of which 84 are considered infectious. 26 people with the virus are in Intensive Care Units with 12 of them still considered infectious.
871 Manitobans have died since COVID-19 first arrived in the province.
1,580 tests were completed yesterday. Since the virus first arrived in February 2020, there have been 500,840 tests completed.
LINK | Manitoba COVID-19 Dashboard
NOTE: Manitoba Public Health announced that they will not be releasing any data related to COVID-19 on Monday February 15, 2021 due to the statutory holiday.
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