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.
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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.
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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.