Public health officials advise two new deaths in people with COVID-19 are being reported today. This includes deaths reported on the weekend.
- Saturday, July 10:
- no new deaths reported.
- Sunday, July 11:
- A female in her 40s from the Winnipeg health region.
- Monday, July 12:
- A male in his 70s from the Interlake–Eastern Regional health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 (alpha) variant of concern.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5% provincially and 4.1% in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 181 new cases of the virus have been identified since Friday including 87 cases on Saturday, 63 cases on Sunday, and 31 cases Monday. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 56,920.
Of the 181 new cases announced over the weekend, 1 was in the Niverville/Ritchot health district and 1 in the St. Pierre/De Salaberry health district.
Of the 31 cases reported today, the COVID-19 data shows:
- Four new cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region.
- Three new cases in the Northern health region.
- Two new cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region.
- Two new cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region.
- 20 new cases in the Winnipeg health region.
The data also shows:
- 1,025 active cases and 54,733 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
- 138 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19 in Manitoba and neighbouring provinces including:
- 52 people in hospital in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 83 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious, amounting to a total of 135 hospitalizations.
- A total of 33 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19 including:
- 10 people in intensive care units in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 20 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, amounting to a total of 30 ICU patients in Manitoba.
- Three Manitoba patients in intensive care units outside the province, all of whom are in Ontario.
- 42 patients previously receiving care in an out-of-province ICU have now been returned to Manitoba hospitals for further care.
- No COVID-19 patients were transported out of province for care yesterday.
- Monthly data on hospital admissions and vaccines includes:
- 74% of the 412 hospital admissions between June 1 and 30 had no vaccine doses, and 22% had one dose.
- 90 of the 412 hospitalized cases were admitted to ICU, and of those 90 cases, 77% had no vaccine dose and 3% had one dose.
- 1,332 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 846,855.
- The total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,162.