Another two Manitobans have died with COVID-19. Deaths since Friday include:

  • a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 (alpha) variant of concern;
  • a male in his 50s from Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to an unspecified variant of concern.

As of Monday, 78.7 per cent of Manitobans have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 66.5 per cent have received two doses.

Public health officials have confirmed 103 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday. This includes 62 cases on Saturday, 30 cases on Sunday and 11 cases today. Six cases have been removed due to case corrections (four Saturday, one Sunday and one Monday), bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 57,456. Of the 11 new cases today, five are in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region. The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is three per cent provincially and 1.8 per cent in Winnipeg.

Of the 11 cases reported today, the COVID-19 data shows:

  • two new cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
  • one new case in the Northern health region;
  • zero new cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
  • five new cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
  • three new cases in the Winnipeg health region.

    Today’s data also shows:
  • 528 active cases and 55,756 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
  • 110 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19 including 39 people with active COVID-19 as well as 71 people who are no longer infectious;
  • a total of 26 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19 including eight people in intensive care units active COVID-19 as well as 18 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care;
  • 1,240 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 867,027; and
  • the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,172.

An outbreak has been declared on the medicine unit at Bethesda Regional Health Centre in Steinbach. The site has been moved to Critical (Red) on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System website. An outbreak has been declared over at Deer Lodge Centre’s L4W unit in Winnipeg.

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.