NEW Last updated: January 31, 2021
Public health officials advise four additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today, including:
a male in his 60s from the Interlake-Eastern health region;
a male in his 90s from the Northern health region;
a male in his 60s from the Southern Health - Santé Sud health region, linked to an outbreak at the Rock Lake Hospital in Crystal City; and
a female in her 80s from the Southern Health - Santé Sud health region, linked to an outbreak at the Rock Lake Hospital in Crystal City.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 7.9 per cent provincially and 4.5 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 119 new cases of the virus have been identified, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 29,564.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
35 cases in Interlake-Eastern health region;
49 cases in the Northern health region;
two cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
six cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
27 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
The data also shows:
3,503 active cases and 25,232 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
there are 108 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 151 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 259 hospitalizations;
there are 29 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 10 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care for a total of 39 ICU patients; and
the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 829.
Laboratory testing numbers show 1,459 tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 477,207. Case investigations continue and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.