Public health officials advise four additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
- A male in his 40s from the Winnipeg health region.
- A female in her 50s from the Northern health region.
- A male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region.
- A female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6% provincially. As of 9:30 a.m. Saturday, 82 new cases of the virus have been identified, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 30,158.
Of those 82 new cases, 1 is in Hanover, 1 is in the Ste. Anne/La Broquerie Health District, and 2 are in the Niverville/Ritchot Health District.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
- Six cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region.
- 26 cases in the Northern health region.
- Eight cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region.
- Six cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region.
- 36 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
The data also shows:
- 3,309 active cases and 26,007 individuals who have recovered from COVID-1.
- 101 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 158 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 259 hospitalizations.
- 23 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 40 ICU patients.
- The total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 842.
Laboratory testing numbers show 1,529 tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 488,064. Case investigations continue and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.