The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has dropped by one in Manitoba.

There are 664 people in the hospital with COVID-19, according to the provincial dashboard. They say out of those cases, 586 of those people have active cases.

There are 50 people in intensive care, with 44 patients having active cases of the virus.

The number of COVID-19 deaths is now 1,492, seven more deaths since Friday.

Deaths since Thursday include:

  • a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region (reported Thursday)
  • a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region (reported Thursday)
  • a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region (reported Thursday)
  • a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region an linked to the outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Joseph (reported Thursday)
  • a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at Oakview Place personal care home (reported Thursday)
  • a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region (reported Thursday)
  • a female in her 50s from Southern Health Santé-Sud (reported Thursday)
  • a male in his 60s from the Interlake-Eastern health region (reported Friday)
  • a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region (reported Friday)
  • a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region (reported Friday)
  • a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region (reported Friday)
  • a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region an linked to the outbreak at Actionmarguerite St. Boniface (reported Friday)
  • a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at Vista Park Lodge (reported Friday)
  • a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region an linked to the outbreak at Victoria General Hospital, unit 4 south (reported Friday)
  • a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region (reported Friday)

 

Outbreaks

The Health Sciences Centre, unit GA5 outbreak in Winnipeg is over,

Health Sciences Centre, unit PX3 and Brandon Regional Health Centre's 300 surgical unit are in outbreaks.

 

New cases

Manitoba's five-day tests positivity rate is 32.4 per cent. 

There are 827 newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 114,021. This does not include self-administered tests.

There are 36,575 active cases and 75,954 recoveries.