Two new deaths in people with COVID-19 are being reported today:

- a female in her 70s from Southern health region linked to the unspecified variant of concern (reported Tuesday); and
- a female in her 80s from Southern health region linked to the unspecified variant of concern (reported Tuesday).
Today's five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 3 per cent provincially and 1.3 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 349 new cases of the virus have been identified since Tuesday: 42 cases on Tue., Sept 28; 114 cases on Wed., Sept. 29; 115 cases on Thur., Sept 30; and 78 cases today. This includes:

22 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
63 cases in the Northern health region;
54 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
122 cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
88 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
Fifteen cases have been removed due to data correction, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 60,628.

There were 78 new cases identified in Manitoba today. Of these, 61 are in individuals who were not fully vaccinated. This includes:

eight new cases, with seven not fully vaccinated, in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
eight new cases, with eight not fully vaccinated, in the Northern health region;
11 new cases, with 11 not fully vaccinated, in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
31 new cases, with 24 not fully vaccinated, in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
20 new cases, with 11 not fully vaccinated, in the Winnipeg health region.


Today’s data also shows:

712 active cases and 58,705 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
92 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19 including 60 people with active COVID-19 as well as 32 people who are no longer infectious;
a total of 19 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19, including 14 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as five people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care;
3,209 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 1,005,687 and
the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,211.


The outbreak at George M. Guimond Care Centre in Sagkeeng has been declared over.

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