Manitoba announced ~2,154 new cases of #COVID19 and 8 more deaths over the three days ending Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. 
	 Active cases: 5,724 
	 Total caseload: 75,717 
	 Recovered: 68,615 
	 Deaths: 1,378
	
		Weekend daily counts: 
		 Saturday: 785 (new record) 
		 Sunday: 694 
		 Monday: 675
	 
	
		The seven-day average daily #Covid19 case count in Manitoba is now 593. That is a new average running high. These case counts are likely under-representations, given the delay in test processing and the limited capacity to test everyone who has been exposed or is symptomatic.
	 
	
		Five-day Manitoba #COVID19 test-positivity rate: 19 per cent (new record) 
		 Winnipeg rate: 21.2% (new record) 
		 Tests completed Sunday: 2,542
	 
	
		 1,463 Winnipeg 
		 240 Southern  
		 229 Prairie Mountain 
		 176 Interlake-Eastern 
		 46 Northern
	 
	
		Manitoba #COVID19 patients in hospital: 158 (up 23) 
		 In ICU: 40 
		 
	 
	
		The latest Manitobans to succumb to #COVID19: 
		- A Southern man in his 20s 
		- A Southern man in his 30s 
		- A Winnipeg man in his 30s 
		- A Southern man in his 40s 
		- A Southern man in his 50s 
		- A Southern woman in her 60s 
		- A Southern man in his 60s 
		- A Prairie Mtn woman in her 90s