Public health officials advise 15 additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a male in his 40s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 40s from the Interlake–Eastern health region, linked to outbreak at Kin Place;
• a male in his 50s from the Interlake–Eastern health region;
• a female in her 50s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Concordia Hospital unit N3W;
• a male in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a male in his 70s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to the outbreak at the Fairview Home;
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre;
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the St. Norbert Personal Care Home;
• a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the St. Norbert Personal Care Home;
• a male in his 80s from the Southern Health–Sante Sud health region;
• a male in his 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to the outbreak at the Swan Valley Health Centre;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Park Manor Care Home;
• a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Park Manor Care Home; and
• a female in her 100s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Park Manor Care Home.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 13.6 per cent provincially and 13.7 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 292 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case was removed due to a data correction making the net total 291 and brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 21,826.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 24 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
• 47 cases in the Northern health region;
• 35 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• 28 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
• 158 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
The data also shows:
• 5,797 active cases and 15,506 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
• there are 328 people in hospital with 46 people in intensive care due to COVID-19; and
• the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 523.
