Province of Manitoba Media Bulletin
July 28, 2021
Public health officials advise three new deaths in people with COVID-19 are being reported today: • a female in her 50s from the Interlake–Eastern health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 (alpha) variant of concern; • a female in her 70s from the Northern health region, linked to the alpha variant of concern; 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 2.5 per cent provincially and 1.3 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 26 new cases of the virus have been identified. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 57,502.
Of the 26 cases reported today, the COVID-19 data shows: • 15 new cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region; • zero new cases in the Northern health region; • two new cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region; • three new cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and • six new cases in the Winnipeg health region. Today’s data also shows: • 497 active cases and 55,830 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19; • 104 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19 including 35 people with active COVID-19 as well as 69 people who are no longer infectious; • a total of 30 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19 including 13 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 17 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care; • 1,487 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 869,632; and • the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,175.
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 on variants of concern is available 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.
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