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Current Situation
NEW Last updated: July 30, 2021
Public health officials advise one new death in a person with COVID-19 is being reported today:
- a female in her 60s from Southern Health-Santé Sud health region.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 2.3 per cent provincially and 1.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 46 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case has been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 45 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 57,593.
Of the 46 cases reported today, the COVID-19 data shows:
- 12 new cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
- 17 new cases in the Northern health region;
- one new case in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- four new cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
- 12 new cases in the Winnipeg health region.
Today’s data also shows:
- 542 active cases and 55,873 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
- 93 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19, including 34 people with active COVID-19, as well as 59 people who are no longer infectious;
- a total of 25 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19, including nine people in intensive care units with active COVID-19, as well as 16 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care;
- 1,613 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 873,199; and
- the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,178.
The outbreak at Marie Thorarinson Estates Assisted Living Facility in Arborg has been declared over.
Due to the August long weekend some COVID-19 testing site hours of operation may have changed. Check locations and hours at https://manitoba.ca/covid19/testing/locations.html.
Possible exposure locations are listed online by region at the province’s #RestartMB Pandemic Response System webpage. For up-to-date information on possible public exposures to COVID-19 in regions, visit www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/updates/flights.html#event and click on your region.
Additional data on variants of concern is available at https://geoportal.gov.mb.ca/. Data related to COVID-19, outbreaks and some downloadable and historic data can also be found at this site.
NEW July 29, 2021 - COVID-19 Bulletin #498
