Public health officials advise no new deaths in people with COVID-19 is being reported today.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is four per cent provincially and 3.8 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 53 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, nine cases have been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 44 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 56,987.

Of the 53 cases reported today, the COVID-19 data shows:
- 10 new cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
- zero new cases in the Northern health region;
- one new case in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- 11 new cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
- 31 new cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:
- 981 active cases and 54,843 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
- 131 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19 in Manitoba and neighbouring provinces including:
 48 people in hospital in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 81 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious, amounting to a total of 129 hospitalizations;
- a total of 33 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19 including:
 nine people in intensive care units in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 22 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, amounting to a total of 31 ICU patients in Manitoba; and
 two Manitoba patients in intensive care units outside the province, all of whom are in Ontario;
- 43 patients previously receiving care in an out-of-province ICU have now been returned to Manitoba hospitals for further care; and
 no COVID-19 patients were transported out of province for care yesterday;
- 1548 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 849,532; and
- the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,163.

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 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.

Updated enforcement statistics are posted online weekly. For more information, go to Cross-Departmental Reports at https://manitoba.ca/openmb/infomb/departments/index.html.

For up-to-date information on COVID-19 in Manitoba, including the online screening tool, testing criteria and locations, self-isolation requirements, public health fundamentals and the provincial response level on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System, visit www.manitoba.ca/COVID19.

 

VACCINES

Today, all vaccine supersites throughout the province will be offering walk-ins only. Pfizer and Moderna will be available for adults at each site today. All July pop-up clinics are now listed online in the map finder at https://protectmb.ca/.

For people who prefer to book an appointment, there are thousands of Moderna appointments open and available to book as early as today. Thousands of Pfizer appointments are also available to book for the second half of July.

All people aged 12 and up are now eligible to make their first- or second-dose appointment.  The date of the second appointment must be at least 28 days after the first vaccination. For more information, visit https://manitoba.ca/covid19/vaccine/eligibility-criteria.html#second-dose.

Individuals can book online at https://protectmb.ca/ or by calling (toll-free) 1-844-MAN-VACC (1-844-626-8222).  

A total of 1,620,087 doses of vaccine have been administered in Manitoba.