183 new cases of COVID-19 were announced in Manitoba Saturday.

This is the highest number of cases seen in a single day in the province since January.

Collectively, today’s COVID-19 data shows:

  • seven cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
  • 24 cases in the Northern health region;
  • 12 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
  • 13 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
  • 127 cases in the Winnipeg health region. 


Meanwhile, the COVID-19 death toll has risen to 958 after three more deaths were announced today including:

  • a male in his 60s from the Northern health region;
  • a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region; and
  • a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Health Sciences Centre GD4.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.3 per cent provincially and 5.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 183 new cases of the virus have been identified. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 35,992.

The data also shows:

  • 1,630 active cases and 33,404 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
  • 58 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 70 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 128 hospitalizations; and
  • 15 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 32 ICU patients.

There were 2,828 laboratory tests completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 619,722.