Public health officials are announcing 14 new deaths since Monday of people with COVID-19. The death toll includes:
- A female in her 50s from the Winnipeg health region (reported Tuesday);
- A male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at Concordia Hospital; unit N3 (reported Tuesday);
- A female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region (reported Wednesday);
- A male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region (reported Wednesday);
- A male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region (reported Wednesday);
- A male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region (reported Wednesday);
- A male in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to an outbreak at Grace Hospital unit 3 South (reported Wednesday);
- A male in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region (reported Wednesday);
- A male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region (reported Wednesday);
- A male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at Golden Door Geriatric Centre (reported Wednesday);
- A female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region and Holy Family Home (reported Wednesday);
- A male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at Meadowood Manor personal care home (reported Wednesday);
- A female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region (reported Wednesday);
- A female in her 80s from the Southern Health Santé-Sud (reported Wednesday);
One death listed Monday, a male in his 60s from Winnipeg regional health (reported Sunday), was linked to an outbreak at St.Amant in error. The death should have been linked to an outbreak at Health Sciences Centre, unit GA5.
The province indicated earlier this week that only about one-third of COVID-19 hospitalizations are because of COVID-19 and only about two-thirds of COVID-19 ICU admissions are because of COVID-19.
Manitoba's test positivity rate is 24.8 per cent. Another 1,801 tests were performed on Tuesday.
Outbreaks have been declared at:
- Deloraine Health Centre, Deloraine.
Outbreaks declared over at:
- Concordia Place, Winnipeg;
- Lions Manor personal care home, Winnipeg;
- Luther Home personal care home, Winnipeg;
- St. Norbert personal care home, Winnipeg;
- Misericorida Place, Winnipeg;
- Brandon Regional Health Centre, surgery unit, Brandon; and
- Crocus Court personal care home, Roblin.
The Manitoba government is also providing an update on ongoing enforcement efforts to protect Manitobans from the spread of COVID-19. A total of 1,827 inspections occurred, which resulted in 12 warnings and 22 tickets issued for the week of Jan 31 - Feb 6, including:
- three $1,296 tickets to individuals;
- 17 $298 tickets to individuals for failure to wear a mask in an indoor public place; and
- two $5,000 tickets to businesses.
Tickets issued by health region include:
- zero tickets in Interlake-Eastern (zero per cent);
- one ticket in Northern (five per cent);
- five tickets in Prairie Mountain Health (23 per cent);
- eight tickets in Southern Health-Sante Sud (36 per cent); and
- eight tickets in Winnipeg (36 per cent).