151 new cases of COVID-19 were identified in the province today. It was also announced that five more people have died from COVID-19.
Those who died from the virus have been identified as:
- a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Southeast Personal Care Home;
- 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 Convalescent Home of Winnipeg;
- a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at Deer Lodge Centre (Lodge 4 West); and
- a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at Seven Oaks General Hospital (4U4-7).
The five-day test positivity rate is 10 per cent provincially and 9.2 per cent in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 26,317.
Today’s cases are from the following health regions:
- 10 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region
- 44 cases in the Northern health region
- 10 cases in Prairie Mountain health region
- 14 cases in the Southern health region
- 73 cases in the Winnipeg health region
There are currently 4,792 active cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba with 20,850 people who have been listed as recovered.
322 are being treated in the hospital of which 239 are considered infectious. 36 people with the virus are in Intensive Care Units with 32 of them still considered infectious.
738 Manitobans have died since COVID-19 first arrived in the province.
1,539 tests were completed yesterday. Since the virus first arrived in February 2020, there have been 438,951 tests completed.
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