Public health officials advise 14 additional deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a female in her 40s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a male in his 60s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region;
• a male in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region.
• a male in his 70s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the St. Norbert Personal Care Home;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Golden Links Lodge;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the St. Norbert Personal Care Home;
• a female in her 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to the outbreak at Rest Haven Nursing Home;
• a female in her 90s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to the outbreak at Rest Haven Nursing Home;
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Bethania Mennonite Personal Care Home; and
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 13.2 per cent provincially and 14.5 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 277 new cases of the virus have been identified bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 17,384.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 15 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
• 28 cases in the Northern health region;
• 10 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• 24 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
• 200 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
The data also shows:
• 8,970 active cases and 8,072 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
• there are 351 people in hospital with 51 people in intensive care due to COVID-19; and
• the number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 342.
Laboratory testing numbers show 2,182 tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February to 360,039. Case investigations continue and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.
