Cases and hospitalization rates continue to drop in Manitoba.
Public health officials advise no new deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6.2 per cent provincially and 5.8 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 61 new cases of the virus have been identified. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 56,036.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 20 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
• eight cases in the Northern health region;
• two cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• four cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
• 27 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
The data also shows:
• 1,454 active cases and 53,443 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
• 194 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19 in Manitoba and neighbouring provinces including:
- 95 people in hospital in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 88 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious, amounting to a total of 183 hospitalizations;
• a total of 61 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19 including:
- 26 people in intensive care units in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 24 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, amounting to a total of 50 ICU patients in Manitoba; and
- 11 Manitoba patients in intensive care units outside the province, all of whom are in Ontario;
• 36 patients previously receiving care in an out-of-province ICU have now been returned to Manitoba hospitals for further care; and
- no COVID-19 patients were transported out of province for care yesterday;
• 1,468 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 828,130; and
• the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,139.