Effective immediately in Southern Health, "household members of close contacts or symptomatic people who have not had any known #COVID19 exposures must also self-isolate."
The latest Manitobans to succumb to #COVID19 (7 reported today and 2 Friday):
- A Southern man his 50s (unspecified variant of concern)
- A Southern man in in his 60s (unspecified VOC)
- A Southern man in his 70s (unspecified VOC)
- Southern man in his 80s
- A Northern man in his 50s
- A Southern woman in her 60s (unspecified VOC)
- A Winnipeg man in his 70s (unspecified VOC)
- A Southern man in his 70s (unspecified VOC)
- A Southern man in his 80s (unspecified VOC)
Regional breakdown of the last five days of Manitoba #COVID19 cases:
161 Southern
106 Northern
102 Winnipeg
68 Prairie Mountain
42 Interlake-Eastern
Five-day Manitoba #COVID19 test-positivity rate: 3.9 per cent (up 0.5 percentage points from Friday)
Winnipeg rate: 1.2 per cent
Tests completed Monday: 1,920
Manitoba recorded another 9,985 #COVID19 vaccine doses over the past four days.
Manitobans with 1 shot: 1,031,920
Proportion of Manitobans 12 and up with 1 shot: 85.7%
Two shots: 981,283
Proportion with 2 shots: 81.9%
Manitobans aged 12 and up: ~1,189,903
Atwal says it's not important right now to know the test-positivity rate in Southern health and there are communication risks associated with sharing that number. He says MB must be careful not to ostracize a specific region.
New outbreak:
- Springs Christian Academy Youville Campus, Winnipeg
Outbreaks over:
- Chemawawin Cree Nation
- Salem Home, Winkler