Another nine Manitobans have died with COVID-19, with seven in the Southern Health region.

Today's death toll includes:

  • a male in his 60s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region (reported Friday) linked to an unspecified variant of concern;
  • a male in his 80s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region (reported Friday);
  • a male in his 50s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region (reported Saturday) linked to an unspecified variant of concern;
  • a male in his 70s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region (reported Saturday) linked to an unspecified variant of concern;
  • a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region (reported Saturday) linked to an unspecified variant of concern;
  • a male in his 50s from the Northern health region (reported Sunday);
  • a female in her 60s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region (reported Sunday) linked to an unspecified variant of concern;
  • a male in his 70s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region (reported Tuesday) linked to an unspecified variant of concern; and
  • a male in his 80s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region (reported Tuesday) linked to an unspecified variant of concern.

Public health officials have confirmed 479 new cases of the virus in Manitoba since Friday: 130 cases on Friday, 90 cases on Saturday, 114 cases Sunday, 79 cases Monday and 66 cases today. Fifteen cases have been removed due to data correction, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 61,721. Today's five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 3.9 per cent provincially and 1.2 per cent in Winnipeg.

There were 66 new cases identified in Manitoba today. Of these, 42 are in individuals who were not fully vaccinated. This includes:

  • three new cases with one was not fully vaccinated in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
  • seven new cases with six not fully vaccinated in the Northern health region;
  • eight new cases with six not fully vaccinated in the Prairie Mountain health region;
  • 24 new cases with 16 not fully vaccinated in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
  • 24 new cases with 10 not fully vaccinated in the Winnipeg health region.

Today’s data also shows:

  • 928 active cases and 59,569 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
  • 85 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19 including 48 people with active COVID-19 as well as 37 people who are no longer infectious;
  • a total of 16 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19 including 11 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;
  • 1,920 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 1,037,630; and
  • the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,224.

An outbreak has been declared at Springs Christian Academy Youville Campus in Winnipeg and two classes have been moved to the restricted (Orange) level on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System. Outbreaks have been declared over at Chemawawin Cree Nation and Salem Home in Winkler.