Public health officials advise eight additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a male in his 70s from the Northern health region;
• a male in his 30s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at Health Sciences Centre GA4;
• a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region,
• a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Southeast Personal Care Home;
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region; and
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 10.4 per cent provincially and 7.2 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 189 new cases of the virus have been identified and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 27,511.

Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 12 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
• 95 cases in the Northern health region;
• nine cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• eight cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
• 65 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:
• 3,081 active cases and 23,661 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
• there are 137 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 155 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 292 hospitalizations;
• there are 24 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 15 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care for a total of 39 ICU patients; and
• the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 769.

Laboratory testing numbers show 2,054 tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 452,157. Case investigations continue and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.

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.

Additional data related to COVID-19, including data on outbreaks as well as some downloadable and historic data, can be found at https://manitoba.ca/openmb/datamb/.