Public health officials advise that one new death in people with COVID-19 has been reported today, a male in his 70s from the Prairie Mountain Health region.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.6 per cent provincially and 5.5 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 170 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, three cases were removed due to a data correction. This bring the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 36,159.

Today's COVID-19 data shows:
seven cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
36 cases in the Northern health region;
18 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
13 cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
96 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:
1,688 active cases and 33,512 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
61 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 71 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 132 hospitalizations;
16 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 33 ICU patients;
2,346 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 622,343; and
the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 959.

Additional data on variants of concern is updated from Tuesday to Saturday at: https://geoportal.gov.mb.ca/. Data related to COVID-19, outbreaks and some downloadable and historic data can also be found at this site.

Other possible exposure locations are listed online by region at the province’s #RestartMB Pandemic Response System webpage. For up-to-date information on possible public exposures to COVID-19 in regions, visit www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/updates/flights.html#event and click on your region.