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COVID-19 Bulletin #486

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.