Current Situation

NEW Last updated: November 17, 2020

Public health officials advise seven additional deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported today that include:

• A female in her 30’s from the Interlake-Eastern region;
• A female in her 70’s from the Winnipeg region;
• A Male in his 70’s from the Winipeg region and linked to the outbreak at Victoria General Hospital;
• A male in his 80’s from the Southern Health-Sante Sud region;
• a male in his 80’s from the Southern Health-Sante Sud region;
• A female in her 90’s from the Winnipeg region and linked to the outbreak at the Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre; and
• A female in her 90’s from the Winnipeg region and linked to the outbreak at the Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre;

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 13.6 per cent provincially and 13.3 per cent in Winnipeg, and 270 new cases of the virus have been identified as of 9:30 a.m. However, one case was removed due to being from out-of-province. This brings the net new cases to 269 and the total lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 11,608.

Today’s data shows:

• 21 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
• 16 cases in the Northern health region;
• 8 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• 106 cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
• 119 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:

• 7,105 active cases and 4,324 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
• there are 240 people in hospital with 41 people in intensive care; and
• the number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 179.

Laboratory testing numbers show 3,126 tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February to 315,412. Case investigations continue and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.

NEW November 16, 2020 - COVID-19 Bulletin #255