The five-day test positivity rate in Winnipeg is 11.5 per cent.

Public health officials advise 10 additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a female in her 40s from the Northern health region;
• a male in his 70s from the Interlake–Eastern health region;
• a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Golden Links Lodge;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Seven Oaks Hospital 4U8-12;
• a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Seven Oaks Hospital 4U8-12;
• a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Seven Oaks Hospital 4U8-12;
• a female in her 90s 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.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 10.4 per cent provincially and 11.5 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 176 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, nine were removed due to data corrections making the net new total 167. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 25,541.

Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 11 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
• 31 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
• 109 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:
• 4,460 active cases and 20,376 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
• there are 237 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 92 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 329 hospitalizations;
• there are 32 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as five 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 705.

Laboratory testing numbers show 1,845 tests were completed yesterday bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 430,597. Case investigations continue and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.

Outbreaks have been declared over at Oakview Manor in Blumenort, River Park Gardens Personal Care Home in Winnipeg and the Thompson General Hospital MSP ward in Thompson.