Public health officials advise one new death in a person with COVID-19 is being reported today, a man in his 30s from the Southern Health region.

Today's data shows nine active cases in Portage, four in rural Portage, two cases in North Norfolk, zero in Cartier, two in Carman, zero cases in Grey, three in Macdonald, zero in Whitemud, and six active cases in Seven Regions.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 3.3 per cent provincially and 2.8 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 56 new cases of the virus have been identified today. Three cases have been removed due to case corrections, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 57,322.

Of the 56 cases reported today, the COVID-19 data shows:
• 14 new cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
• four new cases in the Northern health region;
• three new cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• 13 new cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
• 22 new cases in the Winnipeg health region.

Today’s data also shows:
• 537 active cases and 55,618 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
• 105 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19 including 30 people with active COVID-19 as well as 75 people who are no longer infectious;
• a total of 28 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19 including nine people in intensive care units active COVID-19 as well as 19 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care;
• 1,552 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 861,334; and
• the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,167.

Fast Pass testing in Winkler will be unavailable the week of July 26. Regular testing will be available and full service will resume July 30. For a list of other locations, visit www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/testing/locations.html.

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.

Additional data on variants of concern is available 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.

For up-to-date information on COVID-19 in Manitoba, including the online screening tool, testing criteria and locations, self-isolation requirements, public health fundamentals and the provincial response level on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System, visit www.manitoba.ca/COVID19.