Manitoba holds steady at 90 new COVID cases

Public health officials advise seven additional deaths in a person with COVID-19 are being reported today:

A female in her 60s from the Northern health region;
A male in his 80s from the Northern health region;
A female in her 40s from the Winnipeg health region;
A female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region;
A male in his 70s 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.

Public health officials note the deaths reported today took place between November 2020 and March 2021. They were reported to Manitoba public health in March 2021.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5 per cent provincially. As of 9:30 a.m. Sunday, 90 new cases of the virus have been identified. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 33,353.

Today’s COVID-19 data shows:

No cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region.
32 cases in the Northern health region.
Nine cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region.
Eight cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region.
41 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:

1,185 active cases and 31,241 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
57 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 78 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 135 hospitalizations.
10 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 12 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 22 ICU patients.
The total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 927.
The total number of confirmed variant of concern cases of B.1.1.7 is 63 and B.1.351 is 13, bringing the total number of confirmed variant of concern cases to 76.

Laboratory testing numbers show 1,718 tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early Feb. 2020 to 563,190.