Manitoba reports 459 COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths in last 3 days – Winnipeg

Manitoba health officials say seven people with COVID-19 have died and another 459 have been infected with the virus in the past three days.

In a statement Monday, the province reported 136 new cases on Monday and said 159 new cases were identified on Sunday and 164 cases found on Saturday.

These cases bring Manitoba’s total positive cases to 1,528 and the province’s 5-day test positive rate to 5.7%.

As of March 2020, Manitoba has reported 66,826 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,292 virus-related deaths.

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Officials have released details about 11 Manitobans with COVID-19 who have died as of Friday:

• a woman in her 70s from Southern Health and related to the Delta variant of interest (reported Friday)
• a man in his 60s from Southern Health and associated with unspecified variant of concern (reported Friday)
• a man in his 70s from Southern Health (reported Friday)
• a woman in her 70s from the Winnipeg medical area and associated with unspecified variant of concern (reported Friday)
• a man in his 80s from Southern Health and involved in the outbreak at Third Crossing manor (reported Saturday)
• a woman in her 70s from the Interlake-Eastern medical region and associated with unspecified variant of concern (reported on Sunday)
• a woman in her 60s from the Winnipeg medical area and associated with an unspecified variant of concern (Sunday news)
• a man in his 50s from the Winnipeg medical area, implicated in an outbreak at the Center for Health Sciences GD4 unit and worrying unspecified variant (reported Sunday)
• a woman in her 40s from Southern Health (reported on Sunday)
• a man in his 80s from Southern Health and associated with unspecified variant of interest (reported Monday)
• a woman in her 80s from Southern Health (reported Monday).

As has been the case for weeks, the Southern Health region experienced the largest single-day increase in cases on Monday, with 45 infections reported.

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Another 30 cases were from the Winnipeg Health region, 20 were found in the Prairie Mountain Health region, 30 were reported in the Northern Health region, and 11 were found in the Interlake-Eastern Health region.

Health data shows that the latest 68 infections in Manitoba are in unvaccinated people, three are partially vaccinated and 65 are fully vaccinated.

Officials said there had been 152 COVID-19 hospitalizations reported as of Monday morning and 24 patients in intensive care units due to the virus.

The majority of hospitalizations – 67 patients and 15 in the ICU – come from Southern Health, which has lower vaccination rates than the rest of the province.

The province’s site-tracking immunization efforts show that 87.4% of eligible Manitobans have received at least one shot, but the vaccination rate at Southern Health is 69% as of Monday.

Health data shows 2,549 tests for COVID-19 were performed on Sunday.

Meanwhile, health officials announced several new outbreaks on Monday.

Outbreaks have been announced at:

• Manitoba Development Center Beach unit in Portage la Prairie
• Holy Family House in Winnipeg
• Grace Hospital 4 Northern Surgical Unit in Winnipeg
• Village View Lodge supports living in Plumas
• Country Meadow Personal Care Home in Neepawa.

Facilities have been moved to the critical, or red, position on the province’s pandemic response system.

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