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NEW Last updated: December 21, 2020
Public health officials advise four additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
a female in her 60s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region;
a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region;
a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre; and
a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Park Manor Care.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 11.5 per cent provincially and 10.5 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 167 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case was corrected and removed. This means the net new number of cases is 166, which brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 23,025.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
nine cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
25 cases in the Northern health region;
seven cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
43 cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
83 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
The data also shows:
5,736 active cases and 16,717 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
there are 310 people in hospital with 42 people in intensive care due to COVID-19; and
the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 572.
Laboratory testing numbers show 1,949 tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February to 405,724. Case investigations continue and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.