***Manitoba Public Health has reduced COVID-19 media bulletins from a daily schedule to a weekday (Monday to Friday) schedule. With that adjustment, PembinaValleyOnline will be following suit, and only publishing COVID-19 updates Monday through Friday. According to the Province, the DataMB COVID-19 case and vaccination dashboards will continue to be updated daily for the time being.***

Public health officials advise three new deaths in people with COVID-19 are being reported today:
- a male in his 30s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 (alpha) variant of concern;
- a male in his 70s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to the alpha variant of concern; and
- a male in his 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.1 per cent provincially and 4.6 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 74 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases were removed due to data corrections. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 72 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 56,739.

Of the 74 cases reported today, the COVID-19 data shows:
- 22 new cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
- five new cases in the Northern health region;
- one new case in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- 13 new cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
- 33 new cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:
- 1,030 active cases and 54,549 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
- 141 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19 in Manitoba and neighbouring provinces including:
   - 52 people in hospital in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 85 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious, amounting to a total of 137 hospitalizations;
- a total of 37 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19 including:
   - 14 people in intensive care units in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 19 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, amounting to a total of 33 ICU patients in Manitoba; and
- four Manitoba patients in intensive care units outside the province, all of whom are in Ontario;
- 41 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;
- 1,465 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 842,723; and
- the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,160.

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.

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

The Province announced today, that due to overwhelming demand for the physical Manitoba immunization card and an overall industry demand for blank cards, additional cards are on order and printing is expected to resume later in the month. Individuals can continue to request their digital and physical cards. The digital cards are available for use immediately. The physical cards will be mailed as soon as supplies are available.

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).

On July 14, all vaccine super sites throughout the province will be offering walk-ins only. While Pfizer will be earmarked for use in youth between 12 and 17 years old, Moderna will be available for adults at each site. All July pop-up clinics are now listed online in the map finder at https://protectmb.ca/.

Until July 13, there are about 25,000 Moderna appointments open and available for booking.

Fifteen medical clinics and pharmacies are regional hubs for AstraZeneca vaccinations. Individuals can use the online vaccine finder at https://manitoba.ca/covid19/vaccine/finder.html to find a location with available doses.

A complete listing and searchable map of all vaccine sites, including urban Indigenous clinics and pop-up clinics, is available online at https://protectmb.ca. Eligible individuals can book their appointments at these sites online, or by calling (toll-free) 1-844-626-8222 (1-844-MAN-VACC).

To date, a total of 1,571,112 doses of vaccine have been administered in Manitoba.