Province of Manitoba Media Bulletin
May 5, 2021
Public health officials advise that two new deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today: • a male in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region; and • a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to B.1.1.7 variant of concern. The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 8.8 per cent provincially and 9.2 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 272 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case has been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 271 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 40,085. Today’s COVID-19 data shows: • 20 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region; • 13 cases in the Northern health region; • 37 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region; • 20 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and • 182 cases in the Winnipeg health region. The data also shows: • 2,780 active cases and 36,323 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19; • 125 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 59 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 184 hospitalizations; • 38 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as nine people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 47 ICU patients; • 2,803 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 676,845; and • the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 982. Additional data on variants of concern is updated from Tuesday to Saturday at https://geoportal.gov.mb.ca/. Data related to COVID-19, outbreaks and some downloadable and historic data can also be found at this site.
Other 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.
Updated enforcement statistics are posted online weekly. For more information, go to Cross-Departmental Reports at https://manitoba.ca/openmb/infomb/departments/index.html.
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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