Manitoba reports 494 COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths in last 3 days – Winnipeg

Manitoba well being officers say six folks with COVID-19 have died and 494 new infections have been recognized within the final three days.

The brand new circumstances embody 156 reported Monday, 155 reported Sunday, and 183 recognized Saturday.

Saturday’s case depend marks the very best one-day bounce in infections reported within the province since June 18, in keeping with information stored by International Information.

There are at present 1,377 lively COVID-19 circumstances in Manitoba. The province’s five-day take a look at positivity fee sits at 5.4 per cent.

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Well being officers additionally launched particulars of three deaths reported Friday. The province’s 9 newest COVID-19 deaths embody:

• a girl in her 40s from Northern well being area linked to an unspecified variant of concern (reported Friday);
• a girl in her 90s from Prairie Mountain Well being linked to an unspecified variant of concern and the outbreak at Benito Private Care House (reported Friday);
• a person in his 70s from Prairie Mountain Well being and linked to the outbreak at Well being Sciences Centre GD2 (reported Friday);
• a girl in her 70s from Prairie Mountain Well being linked to an unspecified variant of concern (reported Saturday);
• a girl in her 80s from Prairie Mountain Well being linked to the outbreak at Benito Private Care House (reported Saturday);
• a person in his 70s from Southern Well being (reported Saturday);
• a girl in her 70s from Southern Well being (reported Saturday);
• a girl in her 80s from Winnipeg well being area linked to an unspecified variant of concern (reported Sunday); and
• a girl in her 70s from Southern Well being (reported Sunday).

The brand new circumstances reported Monday embody 56 from the Southern Well being area, 53 from the Winnipeg Well being area, 31 from the Prairie Mountain Well being area, 9 from the Interlake-Jap Well being area, and 7 from the Northern Well being area.

Based on provincial knowledge, 70 of Manitoba’s newest infections are amongst folks but to be vaccinated. Ten had been partially vaccinated and 76 had been totally vaccinated.

Regardless of making up roughly 15 per cent of Manitoba’s whole inhabitants, the Southern Well being area has been reporting the very best day by day case numbers for weeks now.

The area additionally has  a a lot decrease fee vaccine uptake than different elements of the province.

Whereas almost 87 per cent of the eligible inhabitants has acquired no less than one shot province-wide, simply over 68 per cent of these eligible in Southern Well being have been immunized, in keeping with a provincial website monitoring vaccination efforts.

The Southern Well being district can also be driving COVID-19 hospitalization charges, with the realm reporting the bulk — 61 sufferers — of the 141 hospitalizations reported  province-wide as of Monday morning. There have been 118 sufferers in hospital on account of COVID-19 reported Friday.

Fifteen of the 26 folks in ICU because of COVID-19 are additionally from the Southern Well being area, well being knowledge exhibits.

Since March 2020 Manitoba has reported 64,701 lab-confirmed COVID-19 circumstances and 1,262 deaths linked to the virus.

Outbreaks

Well being officers reported a number of new COVID-19 outbreaks at well being services Monday.

Outbreaks have been declared at:

• Well being Sciences Centre GD4 medical unit in Winnipeg;
• Third Crossing Manor Private Care House in Gladstone;
• Neepawa Well being Centre in Neepawa; and
• Russell Well being Centre in Russell.

All 4 services have been moved to crimson, or crucial on the province’s pandemic response system.

In the meantime well being officers stated beforehand declared outbreaks have ended at at Well being Sciences Centre GD2 surgical procedure unit, École St. Malo Faculty cohort grades 5 and 6, Springs Christian Academy Lagimodiere campus and Gentle of the North Covenant Church.