As social distancing practices continue in Manitoba, the Province has been able to look back and share some statistics on the situation.

As of 9:30 a.m. on April 29, one new case of COVID-19 was identified making for a total of 273 lab-confirmed positive and probable cases. 213 have recovered, 54 are active cases, while deaths remain at six.

Meanwhile, five individuals are currently in hospital, none of which are in intensive care.

Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin says models show that without public health measures like case interviews and contact tracing alone, Manitoba could have seen 933 cases by April 25, roughly three times what they actually are. By mid-May there could have been 2,000 cases.

Manitoba's Chief Nursing Officer Lanette Siragusa says, "we are still very early in the fight against COVID-19, and we are benefiting from our opportunity to learn from other jurisdictions in terms of what has worked, and what has not. Our ongoing plan as a healthcare system is to prevent, test, trace, isolate, treat if necessary, and repeat."

As well, current models show:

  • under current public health measures, Manitoba could expect approximately 6,250 cases if the current measures remain in place for a year.
  • the Manitoba health-care system has 2,432 acute care medical and surgical hospital beds. As of April 26, 977 of these beds were currently vacant and available for COVID-19 patients, a 40 per cent vacancy rate. This shows Manitoba is well within hospital capacity at this time.
  • the Manitoba health-care system has 86 adult intensive care hospital beds. As of April 22, 29 of these beds were vacant and available for COVID-19 patients, a 34 per cent vacancy rate. This shows Manitoba is well within intensive care capacity at this time.