Manitoba, Canada: 2021/2022 Covid cases

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/8125547/m...ases-reported/


Man in his 40s Manitoba’s latest COVID-19 victim, 27 new cases reported
By Shane Gibson Global News
Posted August 19, 2021 2:38 pm
Updated August 19, 2021 9:31 pm

Manitoba health officials are reporting one additional death connected to COVID-19 and 27 new cases of the virus.

A release from the province Thursday says the latest victim is a man in 40s from the Winnipeg Health region...

..Health data shows 297 COVID-19 cases remain active in Manitoba including 178 confirmed to be variants of concern.

The five-day test positivity rate is 1.9 per cent provincially and 1.4 per cent in Winnipeg.

As of Thursday morning 69 Manitobans are in hospital as a result of the virus and 14 COVID-19 patients are in ICU...

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109 COVID-19 cases identified in Manitoba over 3 days
Update on public health orders, recommendations coming tomorrow: Dr. Roussin
Rachel Bergen · CBC News · Posted: Aug 23, 2021 12:33 PM CT | Last Updated: 20 minutes ago

Manitoba reports 109 new cases and no deaths due to COVID-19 over the past three days.

There were 46 new cases identified on Saturday, 36 on Sunday and 27 on Monday.

The five-day test positivity rate is up to 2.3 per cent from 2.1 per cent on Friday, the last day it was reported.

Manitoba no longer updates its public COVID-19 data portal on weekends and holidays.

In Winnipeg, the rate is holding steady at 1.4 per cent.

The number of people hospitalized due to the coronavirus is 63, up from 62 on Friday. The number of people in intensive care is 16, up one from a few days ago.

As of Monday, there are 345 active cases and 56,750 people have recovered from COVID-19. The number of deaths linked to the illness remains 1,188 in Manitoba...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...t-24-1.6151287

40 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba on Tuesday
Manitoba's test positivity rate, COVID-19-related hospitalizations up slightly
CBC News · Posted: Aug 24, 2021 1:37 PM CT | Last Updated: 21 minutes ago

Manitoba has 40 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths on Tuesday, the provincial COVID-19 website says...

...There are currently 362 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 56,772 people have recovered. There are still 1,188 deaths linked to COVID-19, including 191 due to variants of concern.

The province's five-day test positivity rate climbed slightly to 2.4 per cent from 2.3 per cent the day before...

The dashboard says 1,547 COVID-19 tests were done on Monday.

The Manitoba government no longer holds news conferences or sends news releases on Tuesdays to update case numbers, although figures are available online. News releases are sent on Mondays and Thursdays.

As a result, no information about the Winnipeg test positivity rate is available. It was 1.4 per cent on Monday.

The online data dashboard says there are 64 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19, up one from Monday. Of those, 18 are in intensive care, up two from Monday..

The province also identified 92 more cases linked to highly transmissible coronavirus variants, says the online variant dashboard, in the first update since Friday.

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...date-1.6152626

Manitoba reports more than 100 new COVID-19 cases for 1st time since June
Province reports 105 new infections, 1 more death linked to illness
CBC News · Posted: Aug 25, 2021 12:28 PM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Manitoba reported a significant jump in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with 105 new infections in the province.

It's the first time Manitoba has had more than 100 new cases in a single day in almost two months. The last time was on June 26, when there were 106 new cases.

The jump brought the province's seven-day average number of new cases up to 46.

Manitoba also reported another death linked to COVID-19 on its online coronavirus dashboard, though no details about the person were released.

More details about the person who died, such as their sex, age range and health region, are expected in the province's next COVID-19 news release on Thursday.

Manitoba's latest death linked to the illness brings the province's total to 1,189. It's the first COVID-19 death Manitoba has announced in more than a week...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...t-26-1.6154269

Manitoba reports 56 infections Thursday after triple-digit day of COVID-19 cases
A death from Wednesday identified as a man in his 20s from the Interlake-Eastern health authority
CBC News · Posted: Aug 26, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: 28 minutes ago

After reporting more than 100 COVID-19 infections in a day for the first time in weeks on Wednesday, Manitoba's daily case count returned to the double-digits on Thursday.

The province recorded 56 new cases and no new deaths, the government said in a news release Thursday.

The 105 infections announced on Wednesday — the most in one day since June 26 — has signalled the pandemic's fourth wave is looming.

The death reported on Wednesday has now been identified as a man in his 20s from the Interlake-Eastern health authority. It is the first death of a person aged 29 or younger since late June.

As of Thursday, the province's five-day test positivity rate remains stable at 2.8 per cent, while the rate is 1.5 per cent in Winnipeg.

Of the 56 new infections, 44 of them involve people who are not fully vaccinated...

...There are 65 people hospitalized in the province after getting COVID-19, an increase of one person from Wednesday. The number of people in intensive care with the virus is now 21, up two...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...2021-1.6155930

31 new COVID-19 cases reported Friday in Manitoba, almost half in Southern Health
Test positivity rate, number of hospitalizations remain the same
CBC News · Posted: Aug 27, 2021 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

There are 31 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba on Friday, with Southern Health reporting the most new cases.

The rural health authority, which has slightly more than 15 per cent of Manitoba's population, reported 14 of the 31 new infections on Friday.

There are nine new cases in Winnipeg, four in the Northern Health Region and two each in Interlake-Eastern and Prairie Mountain.

Some other statistics in Friday's daily COVID-19 numbers remain stagnant.

Manitoba's five-day test positivity rate is at 2.8 per cent for the third consecutive day.

Sixty-five people remain hospitalized in the province after contracting COVID-19, while 21 people with the virus remain in intensive care...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...t-30-1.6158206

Manitoba reports daily case count over 100 for 2nd time in less than a week
182 new cases were reported over the past 3 days, including 102 on Saturday
CBC News · Posted: Aug 30, 2021 10:29 AM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Manitoba reported more than 100 cases in a single day for the second time in less than a week.

Provincial health officials announced a total of 182 new cases of COVID-19 over the past three days — 102 on Saturday, 46 on Sunday and 34 on Monday.

Last Wednesday, the province posted more than 100 new cases in a single day for the first time since June 26. The seven-day average for new COVID-19 cases jumped from around 49 on Friday to 59 on Monday.

No new deaths related to COVID-19 were reported on Monday.

The province's five-day test positivity rate is three per cent, and Winnipeg's is 1.6 per cent. A total of 1,607 lab tests were completed on Sunday.

Of the 34 new cases reported on Monday, 25 people were not fully vaccinated, a news release said...

...There are 65 Manitobans currently hospitalized due to COVID-19, with 18 of them in intensive care units...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...t-31-1.6159702

34 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba on Tuesday
39 new active cases of unspecificied coronavirus variants found
Rachel Bergen · CBC News · Posted: Aug 31, 2021 12:34 PM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Manitoba has 34 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths on Tuesday, the provincial COVID-19 website says.

There are 13 cases in the Winnipeg health region, 11 in the Southern Health region, five in Interlake-Eastern health region, three in the Northern Health Region and two in the Prairie Mountain Health region, the Manitoba COVID-19 data page says.

The seven-day case average in Manitoba is now 58.

There are currently 483 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 57,038 people have recovered. There are still 1,189 deaths linked to COVID-19, including 191 due to variants of concern.

The province's five-day test positivity rate remains steady at three per cent.

The Manitoba government no longer holds news conferences or sends news releases on Tuesdays to update case numbers, although figures are available online. News releases are sent on Mondays and Thursdays.

No information about the Winnipeg test positivity rate is provided on the COVID-19 data site. It was 1.6 per cent on Monday.

The dashboard says 1,539 COVID-19 tests were done on Monday.
Uptick in weekly case numbers

The online data dashboard says there are 63 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19, down two from Monday. Of those, 18 are in intensive care...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...toba-1.6161078

57 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death reported in Manitoba
There are now 1,190 deaths linked to COVID-19 in Manitoba
CBC News · Posted: Sep 01, 2021 12:32 PM CT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

There are 57 new COVID-19 cases and one death in Manitoba, the provincial coronavirus website says Wednesday.

The Southern Health region, which has the lowest vaccine uptake in the province, has the most new cases with 25...

...There are currently 495 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 58,759 people have recovered. The number of COVID-19 patients in hospital is 63 (up two). Of those, 12 are in intensive care (a drop of six).

The province's five-day test positivity rate dipped slightly from three per cent Tuesday to 2.9 per cent on Wednesday. No information about the Winnipeg test positivity rate is provided on the COVID-19 data site. It was 1.6 per cent on Monday, the last time it was updated...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...toba-1.6162591

36 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths reported in Manitoba on Thursday
A total of 1,192 deaths have been linked to COVID-19 in Manitoba, including 194 due to variants
CBC News · Posted: Sep 02, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: 21 minutes ago

There are 36 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths in Manitoba on Thursday.

The province listed three deaths in its news release, however, because it includes a death from Wednesday.

The deaths include two men in their 70s from the Winnipeg health region, one of them linked to the B.1.617.2 or delta variant of concern. That brings the total number of deaths connected to delta into double digits, with 10 in Manitoba.

The other death reported Thursday is a man in his 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, whose death is linked to an unspecified variant of concern.

There are now 1,192 deaths linked to COVID-19 in Manitoba, including 194 due to variants of concern.

Of the 36 new cases, 24 are people who were not fully vaccinated, the province said...

...The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 2.4 per cent provincially (down from 2.9 on Wednesday) and 1.5 per cent in Winnipeg. It was 1.6 per cent in the city on Monday, previously the most recent update for Winnipeg.

Numbers have gone up for hospitalizations — 70 people are hospitalized due to COVID-19, up from 65 on Wednesday, with 15 of those patients in intensive care, up from 12...

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Source: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/manitoba...rted-1.5572678

Manitoba reports 56 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, no new deaths reported
Danton Unger
CTVNewsWinnipeg.ca Editorial Producer
Published Friday, September 3, 2021 11:47AM CST

WINNIPEG -- Manitoba public health has identified 56 new cases of COVID-19 in the province.

According to the provincial dashboard updated Friday, the new cases bring Manitoba's total to 58,845 including 440 active cases and 57,213 recoveries. The province has a five-day test positivity rate of 2.4 per cent...

... No new deaths were reported on Friday, leaving the total at 1,192.

The dashboard shows 66 people were in hospital Friday with COVID-19, including 10 people in the intensive care unit. Of those ICU patients, two had active cases while the rest are no longer infectious but still need critical care...

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Source: https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.ht...ted=2021-09-07

September 7, 2021
COVID-19 BULLETIN #509

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Public health officials advise six new deaths in people with COVID-19 are being reported today:

• a female in her 60s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud region;
• a male in his 70s from the Interlake-Eastern health region, linked to an unspecified variant of concern;
• a male in his 70s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud region, linked to an unspecified variant of concern;
• a female in her 80s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud region;
• a male in his 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region; and
• a male in his 80s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud region, linked to an unspecified variant of concern.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 2.7 per cent provincially and 1.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 215 new cases of the virus have been identified since Thursday: 56 cases on Friday, Sept. 3; 42 cases on Saturday, Sept. 4; 48 cases on Sunday, Sept. 5; 33 cases on Monday, Sept. 6 and 36 cases today.

Eight cases have been removed due to data correction, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 59,000.

There were 36 new cases identified in Manitoba today. Of these, 29 are in individuals who were not fully vaccinated. This includes:

• seven new cases, with six not fully vaccinated, in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
• no new cases in the Northern health region;
• no new cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• 10 new cases, with 10 not fully vaccinated, in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
• 19 new cases, with 13 not fully vaccinated, in the Winnipeg health region.

A new vaccine dashboard will break down information on cases and indicate whether they are fully, partially or non-vaccinated. It also includes new and actives cases, hospitalizations and ICU data. The dashboard is posted online and will be updated daily at: https://manitoba.ca/covid19/updates/cases.html

Today’s data also shows:

• 422 active cases and 57,380 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
• 74 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19, including 32 people with active COVID-19 as well as 42 people who are no longer infectious;
• a total of 12 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19, including six people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as six people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care;
• 1,427 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 938,835 and
• the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,198.

An outbreak has been declared at Salem Home Personal Care Home in Winkler. The facility has been moved to the critical (red) level on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System.

Individuals are reminded that they must follow public health orders and respect the businesses that are doing their part to protect Manitobans by implementing and following those rules and policies. The Manitoba government appreciates the partnership of our business community to help keep Manitobans safe and protected from COVID-19 and while we reopen our province.

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 is available at: https://geoportal.gov.mb.ca/. Data related to COVID-19, variants of concern, outbreaks and some downloadable and historic data can also be found at this site.  

For up-to-date information on COVID-19 in Manitoba, including the online screening tool, testing criteria and locations, self-isolation requirements, public health fundamentals and the provincial response level on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System, visit: www.manitoba.ca/COVID19...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...er-8-1.6168052

52 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba Wednesday, half in Southern Health region
Half of Wednesday's new cases are in Southern Health region
CBC News · Posted: Sep 08, 2021 12:32 PM CT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago


Manitoba has 52 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths from the illness, according to a Wednesday update on the province's online dashboard.

The Southern Health region, which has the lowest vaccine uptake in the province, has the highest number of new cases, with 26.

There are 14 cases in the Winnipeg health region, six in the Northern Health Region, four in the Interlake-Eastern health region and two in the Prairie Mountain Health region, according to the province's online update.

There are still 74 COVID-19 patients in Manitoba hospitals — unchanged from Tuesday — including 15 in intensive care, up by three from the day before.

Of the 52 new cases reported Wednesday, 36 are people who were not vaccinated against COVID-19 and three were partially vaccinated, the province's dashboard says. The remaining 13 cases were people who were fully vaccinated.

Of those currently in hospital with the illness, 84 per cent are unvaccinated, the dashboard says, and 10 per cent are partially vaccinated.

None of the patients currently in intensive care with COVID-19 are fully vaccinated. Seventy-eight per cent of ICU COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated and the remaining 22 per cent are partially vaccinated.

The Manitoba government no longer holds news conferences or sends news releases on Wednesdays to update case numbers, although some figures are available online. News releases are sent on Mondays and Thursdays.

The province's five-day test positivity rate went up slightly from 2.7 per cent on Tuesday to 2.8 per cent on Wednesday.

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...pt-9-1.6169422

54 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death in Manitoba on Thursday
One person fined $8,550 for violating Quarantine Act
CBC News · Posted: Sep 09, 2021 12:32 PM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Manitoba has 54 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and one more person has died of the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, health officials report Thursday.

A man in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region died. His case was linked to the delta, or B.1.617.2, coronavirus variant.

This latest death brings the total pandemic death toll in Manitoba to 1,199.

The provincial test positivity rate dropped to 2.6 per cent on Thursday from 2.8 on Wednesday. In Winnipeg, the rate is 1.4 per cent.

Of the new cases announced Thursday, 35 were people who were not fully vaccinated...

...There are currently 456 active cases in Manitoba, up from 438 on Wednesday.

Manitoba has 77 people in hospital due to COVID-19, three more than on Wednesday. Of those, 16 are in intensive care, one more than the day before...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...date-1.6171152

105 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death reported in Manitoba on Friday
More than 80% of new cases among people not fully vaccinated against illness, province says
CBC News · Posted: Sep 10, 2021 12:29 PM CT | Last Updated: 17 minutes ago

There are 105 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba on Friday and one more person has died from the illness, the province's online coronavirus dashboard says.

More than 80 per cent of the new cases were among people not fully vaccinated against the illness: nine who were not yet fully protected against the illness and 77 who hadn't gotten immunized at all, the province's online vaccination dashboard says.

Manitoba's five-day test positivity rate has climbed to three per cent, the dashboard says, up from 2.6 per cent on Thursday. The province did 2,642 more tests for the illness on Thursday.

Of the new cases, 33 are in the Winnipeg health region and 30 are in the Southern Health region.

There are also 17 new infections in the Prairie Mountain Health region, 14 in the Northern Health Region and 11 in the Interlake-Eastern health region, the dashboard says.

There are now 75 people hospitalized after getting COVID-19, down by two since Thursday. There are also 15 COVID-19 patients now in intensive care, the dashboard says, down by one.

Manitoba also reported 75 cases that have been newly linked to more contagious coronavirus variants, the online variant dashboard says. Most of them — 71 — are still listed as unspecified strains, while four have been linked to the alpha variant...