Public health officials advise one new death in a person with COVID-19 has been reported today:

a male in his 70s from Southern Health-Sante Sud linked to the B.1.1.7 (alpha) variant of concern.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.9 per cent provincially and 6.5 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 85 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case has been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 84 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 55,777.

Today’s COVID-19 data shows:

10 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
eight cases in the Northern health region;
five cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
nine cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
53 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:

1,635 active cases and 53,007 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
197 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19 in Manitoba and neighbouring provinces, including:
98 people in hospital in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 87 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious, amounting to a total of 185 hospitalizations;
a total of 66 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19 including:
28 people in intensive care units in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 26 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, amounting to a total of 54 ICU patients in Manitoba; and
12 Manitoba patients in intensive care units outside the province, with 11 in Ontario and one in Alberta;
35 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.
1,625 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 823,640; and
the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,135.
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.

VACCINE UPDATE

Effective today, all people are now eligible to make their second dose appointment. The date of the appointment must be at least 28 days after the first vaccination. For more information, visit [manitoba.ca/covid19/vaccine/eligibility-criteria.html#second-dose]manitoba.ca/covid19/vaccine/eligibility-criteria.html#second-dose. All people aged 12 and up are eligible to book their first-dose appointments. Individuals can book online at [protectmb.ca]protectmb.ca or by calling (toll-free) 1-844-MAN-VACC (1-844-626-8222).

Parents, caregivers or other adults who have a booked Pfizer appointment can now transfer their appointment to a 12 to 17 year old youth through the provincial call centre.

On Monday, June 28, the RBC Convention Centre and Leila supersites will extend their hours to offer more immunizations. Appointments are being booked on this date from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

All supersites, except RBC Convention Centre, are now offering walk-in appointments. The number of walk-ins may vary by day and by site, but are approximately 10 per cent of all doses available. It is important to note that a limited number of walk-ins are available on a daily basis. Sites will continue to prioritize first-dose immunizations for walk-ins when possible.