Close to 25,000 Manitobans have recovered from COVID-19.

Public health officials advise eight additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a female in her 80s from the Interlake–Eastern health region, linked to the outbreak at the Beausejour Hospital;
• a female in her 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to the outbreak at Heritage Life Personal Care Home;
• a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Southeast Personal Care Home;
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the St. Norbert Personal Care Home;
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre;
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre; and
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Convalescent Home of Winnipeg.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 8.7 per cent provincially and 5.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 133 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case has been removed due to a data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 132 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 29,128.

Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 17 cases in Interlake-Eastern health region;
• 61 cases in the Northern health region;
• 19 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• seven cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
• 29 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:
• 3,456 active cases and 24,851 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
• there are 124 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 153 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 277 hospitalizations;
• there are 25 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 37 ICU patients; and
• the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 821.

Laboratory testing numbers show 2,263 tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 471,624. Case investigations continue and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.