Close to a third of Manitoba's COVID-19 hospitalizations are people in intensive care.

Dauphin schools will continue learning remotely until June 21, as the province says COVID-19 cases are elevated in the community. 

As of Tuesday morning, Manitoba's five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 12 per cent and Winnipeg's 12.6 per cent. The province is announcing 237 new cases.

New cases include:

  • 144 cases in the Winnipeg health region
  • 42 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
  • 21 cases in the Northern health region
  • 17 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
  • 13 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region

The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 53,153 after a data correction. Of those, 3,836 cases are active and 48,238 recovered. There are 1,079 COVID-19 deaths as of Tuesday.

Two deaths are being announced, a male in his 60s from the Interlake-Eastern health region linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern and a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region.

In the hospital, there are 336 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19 in Manitoba and other provinces, with 300 of those in Manitoba. Seventy-eight of those are no longer infectious.

In intensive care, there is a total of 104 Manitobans requiring care. 36 of those are being treated out of province, including 33 in Ontario, two in Alberta, and one in Saskatchewan. 

In Manitoba's ICUs, 68 are being treated with 17 of those no longer infectious.

Seventeen Manitobans have returned to the province after interprovincial care. 

Donwood Manor's outbreak is over.

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