Manitoba Public Health reported 128 new cases of COVID-19 this afternoon, with the five day test positivity rate at 12.6 percent. 

 

They also reported two COVID related deaths: with one in Prairie Mountain and the other in the Northern health Region being a woman in her 70s linked to an outbreak at Thompson General Hospital MSP ward.

 

Of the new cases, 92 are in the Winnipeg region, 11 each in Interlake Eastern and Northern regions and eight each in Southern and Prairie Mountain health regions.

 

Of the 24, 513 reported cases 4, 444 are active, 19, 408 individuals have recovered, 337 are in hospital with 36 in intensive care and related deaths total 661.

 

In the Northern Health Region, there are 966 active cases, with 44 in the Thompson/Mystery Lake District, 86 in The Pas/OCN/Kelsey District, and two in the Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry/Sherridon District.

 

Currently there are 26 active hospitalizations, with four patients in ICU. With today's announcement, the number of COVID-19 deaths in the NRHA is now at 20.