4 deaths, 90 new COVID-19 cases reported Saturday

Public health officials are reporting four new deaths in the Winnipeg health today:

• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg Health region;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg Health region;
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg Health region; and
• a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg Health region.

As of 9:30 a.m., 90 new cases of the virus were identified in the province. Two cases, however, removed due to data corrections, bringing the new net number of cases to 88.

The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 31,809.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 3.7 per cent provincially and 3.2 per cent in Winnipeg.

Case investigations continue and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.

Today’s COVID-19 data shows:

• eight cases in Interlake-Eastern health region;
• 37 cases in the Northern health region;
• three cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• eight cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
• 34 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:

• 1,208 active cases and 29,708 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
• 69 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 120 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 189 hospitalizations;
• 11 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 16 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 27 ICU patients;
• the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 893; and
• the total number of confirmed B.1.1.7 variant of concern cases is five.

Laboratory testing numbers show 1,681 tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 523,507.