Manitoba Reports 539 New COVID-19 Cases, 6 Deaths in 3 Days – Winnipeg | The Canadian News

Manitoba reports 539 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths since Friday, led by an increase in infections found in the Winnipeg area.

In a statement Monday, health officials said Winnipeg’s five-day test positivity rate rose to 4.1 percent, nearly double the 2.7 percent reported in the city on Friday.

Provincially, the positivity of the five-day test increased to 6.3 percent on Monday from 5.1 reported on Friday.

The latest cases include 191 reported on Saturday, 211 reported on Sunday, and 137 announced on Monday.

Most of Monday’s cases (59 infections) were reported in the Winnipeg Health Region.

Another 41 cases reported Wednesday come from Southern Health Region, 13 were found in the Prairie Mountain Health Region, 14 were reported in the Northern Health Region and 10 were found in the Interlake-Eastern Health Region.

Winnipeg also saw the most new cases in the past three days, with 186 infections reported in the city since Friday.

Health data shows that 70 of Monday’s cases correspond to people who had not yet been vaccinated, seven were partially vaccinated and 60 had been fully vaccinated.

Manitoba has now reported 1,334 COVID-19 related deaths. The latest victims include:

• a man in his 50s from the Southern Health region linked to an outbreak at the Manitoba Development Center (reported Saturday);
• a man in his 60s from the Southern Health region linked to an outbreak at the Manitoba Development Center (reported Saturday);
• a woman in her 100s from the Winnipeg health region linked to an outbreak in Grace Hospital’s surgery unit (reported Sunday);
• a woman in her 80s from the Southern Health region (reported Sunday);
• a man in his 60s from the Southern Health region (reported Sunday); and
• a man in his 70s from the Prairie Mountain Health region (reported Monday).

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The number of Manitoba residents in the hospital as a result of COVID-19 rose to 152 on Monday, up from 141 reported on Friday.

There were 24 ICU patients with COVID-19 as of Monday morning, according to provincial health data.

Meanwhile, health officials say a new outbreak has been declared at the Lions Prairie Manor personal care home, Skyview unit, in Portage la Prairie.

Since March 2020, Manitoba has reported 68,845 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases. Of those, 65,898 have since recovered, according to health data.

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