94 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the province as of Saturday morning. 

Another four Manitobans have died with COVID-19. Today's death toll includes:

  • a male in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region;
  • a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region;
  • a male in his 70s from the Interlake-Eastern health region; and
  • a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Concordia Place Personal Care Home.

Two cases have been removed due to data corrections. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 92 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 32,699. The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 4.2 per cent provincially and 2.9 per cent in Winnipeg.

Today’s COVID-19 data shows:

  • three cases in Interlake-Eastern health region;
  • 45 cases in the Northern health region;
  • seven cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
  • 10 cases in the Southern Health region; and
  • 29 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:

  • 909 active cases and 30,873 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
  • 56 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 96 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 152 hospitalizations;
  • 11 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 11 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 22 ICU patients;
  • the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 916; and
  • the total number of confirmed variant of concern cases of B.1.1.7 is 12 and B.1.351 is 11, bringing the total number of confirmed variant of concern cases to 23.

Laboratory testing numbers show 1,837 tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 548,095.