Public health officials advise an eighth death related to COVID-19 has been reported, a man in his 70s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud region. This is a new case reported today and the individual was not hospitalized.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 0.4 per cent and five new cases of the virus have been identified as of 9:30 a.m. today. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba to 405.
The data shows that there were:
- two new cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
- one new case in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region;
- one new case in the Winnipeg health region; and
- one new case in the Prairie Mountain Health region.
Case investigations are ongoing. When completed, additional information will be provided as needed to inform people of any public health risks.
The data also shows:
- three current hospitalizations, with two individuals in intensive care,
- 78 active cases and 319 individuals have recovered from COVID-19, and
- the number of deaths due to COVID-19 is now eight.
An additional 735 laboratory tests were completed on Monday, bringing the total number of tests completed since early February to 85,702.
Public health officials are updating potential exposure dates at the Sherwood Grocery Store in Gull Lake to July 20 and 21.