COVID-19 BULLETIN #486
Province of Manitoba Media Bulletin
July 14, 2021
Public health officials advise no new deaths in people with COVID-19 is being reported today. The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is four per cent provincially and 3.8 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 53 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, nine cases have been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 44 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 56,987. Of the 53 cases reported today, the COVID-19 data shows:
10 new cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
zero new cases in the Northern health region;
one new case in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
11 new cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
31 new cases in the Winnipeg health region.
The data also shows:
981 active cases and 54,843 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
131 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19 in Manitoba and neighbouring provinces including:
48 people in hospital in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 81 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious, amounting to a total of 129 hospitalizations;
a total of 33 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19 including:
nine people in intensive care units in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 22 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, amounting to a total of 31 ICU patients in Manitoba; and
two Manitoba patients in intensive care units outside the province, all of whom are in Ontario;
43 patients previously receiving care in an out-of-province ICU have now been returned to Manitoba hospitals for further care; and
no COVID-19 patients were transported out of province for care yesterday;
1548 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 849,532; and
the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,163.
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#eventand click on your region. 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. 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. - 30 -