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

  • a male in his 70s from the Northern health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern;
  • a female in her 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region;
  • a female in her 90s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern;
  • a male in his 70s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to an unspecified variant of concern and an outbreak at Carman Memorial Hospital;
  • a male in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern;
  • a male in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern; and
  • a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern.

Anyone who received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on or before May 6, 2021 is now eligible to receive their second dose.

Public health officials have confirmed another 194 new cases of the virus in Manitoba, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases to 54,357. Of those, 42 are in Southern Health–Santé Sud, including four in Steinbach, six in Hanover and one in Rural East. The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 10.8 per cent provincially and 10.2 per cent in Winnipeg. 

Today’s COVID-19 data shows:

  • 10 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
  • 15 cases in the Northern health region.
  • 25 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
  • 42 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
  • 102 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:

  • 3,305 active cases and 49,952 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
  • 297 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19 in Manitoba and neighbouring provinces including:
  • 193 people in hospital in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 78 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious, amounting to a total of 271 hospitalizations;
  • a total of 82 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19 including:
  • 41 people in intensive care units in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 17 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, amounting to a total of 58 ICU patients in Manitoba; and
  • 26 Manitoba patients in intensive care units outside the province, with 25 in Ontario and one in Alberta;
  • 26 patients previously receiving care in an out-of-province ICU have now been returned to Manitoba hospitals for further care; an
  •  no COVID-19 patients were transported out of province for care yesterday.
  • 1,943 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 801,922; and
  • the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,100.

Possible exposure locations are listed online by region at the province’s #RestartMB Pandemic Response System webpage. 

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