Public health officials announce 222 new cases, outbreak over at Union Gospel Mission

Another three Manitobans have died with COVID-19 and 222 new cases were reported by health officials Sunday.

Today's death toll includes:

• a male in his 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to an outbreak at the McCreary/Alonsa Health Centre;
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Holy Family Personal Care Home; and
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at Concordia Place personal care home.

Public health officials note a previously announced death has been deleted from both the total case counts and the total death counts, as they were added as a COVID-19 positive case in error.

The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is now 28,697. The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 10.6 per cent provincially and 6.4 per cent in Winnipeg.

Today’s COVID-19 data shows:

• 20 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
• 116 cases in the Northern health region;
• 22 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• three cases in the Southern Health region; and
• 61 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:

• 3,521 active cases and 24,377 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
• 143 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 135 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 278 hospitalizations;
• 28 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 14 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care for a total of 42 ICU patients; and
• the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 799.

Laboratory testing numbers show 1,956 tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 465,040. Case investigations continue and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.

An outbreak has been declared over at the Union Gospel Mission in Winnipeg. The site has been removed from the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System.

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