Public health officials advise 14 additional deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported today, including:
• a male in his 50s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a male in his 50s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a male in his 70s from the Interlake-Eastern health region;
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to outbreak at the Health Science Centre GD4;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Holy Family Personal Care Home;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Holy Family Personal Care Home;
• a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre;
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre;
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Bethania Mennonite Personal Care Home;
• a male in his 90s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region and linked to the outbreak at Rest Haven Nursing Home;
• a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region; and
• a female in her 100s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region and linked to the outbreak at Villa Youville Personal Care Home.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 13.8 per cent provincially and 13.2 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 447 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases were removed due to a data correction bringing the new total to 445. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 20,392.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 43 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
• 136 cases in the Northern health region;
· 35 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
· 40 cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
· 193 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
The data also shows:
· 5,517 active cases and 14,410 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
· there are 297 people in hospital with 40 people in intensive care due to COVID-19; and
· the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 465.