Public health officials advise that one new death in a person with COVID-19 has been reported today; a male in his 70s from the Prairie Mountain Health region.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.6 per cent provincially and 5.5 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 170 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, three cases were removed due to a data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 167 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 36,159.

Today’s COVID-19 data shows:

  • seven cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
  • 36 cases in the Northern health region; 
  • 18 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region; 
  • 13 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and 
  • 96 cases in the Winnipeg health region. 

The data also shows:

  • 1,688 active cases and 33,512 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
  • 61 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 71 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 132 hospitalizations;
  • 16 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 17 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 33 ICU patients; and
  • the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 959.

A total of 2,346 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 622,343. 

Data on variants of concern is updated from Tuesday to Saturday at https://geoportal.gov.mb.ca/. Data related to COVID-19, outbreaks and some downloadable and historic data can also be found at this site.

Possible exposure locations are listed online by region at the province’s #RestartMB Pandemic Response System webpage. For up-to-date information on possible public exposures to COVID-19 in regions, visit www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/updates/flights.html#event and click on your region.