Manitoba announced 179 new cases of #COVID19 and 5 more deaths on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. 
		 Active cases: 1,404 
		 Total caseload: 66,184 
		 Recovered: 63,499 
		 Deaths: 1,281
	 
	
		The seven-day average daily case count rises by one case to 147. 
		Manitoba #COVID19 patients in hospital: 157 (up 5) 
		   
		In ICU: 30 (no change)
	 
	
		Five-day Manitoba #COVID19 test-positivity rate: 5.4 per cent  
		Winnipeg rate: 2.9 per cent
	 
	
		The latest 8 Manitobans to succumb to #COVID19: 
		 - A Winnipeg man in his 30s (disclosed today) 
		 - A Southern man in his  60s (Wednesday) 
		 - A Prairie Mountain man in his 70s (Wednesday) 
		 - A Winnipeg woman in her 70s (today) 
		 - A Winnipeg man in his 70s (delta, Thursday) 
		 - A Southern woman in her 80s (Third Crossing Manor outbreak, today) 
		 - A Southern man in his 80s (Third Crossing Manor outbreak, today) 
		 - A Prairie Mountain woman in her 90s (Benito Personal Care Home outbreak, Tuesday)
	 
	
		Regional breakdown of new Manitoba #COVID19 cases: 
		 69 Southern  
		 43 Winnipeg 
		 32 Northern  
		 28 Prairie Mountain 
		 7 Interlake-Eastern