539 cases of COVID-19 identified since Friday, six new deaths in Manitoba
The province says more than 500 COVID-19 cases have been identified since Friday.
According to a provincial COVID-19 bulletin released Monday, there were 191 cases on Saturday, 211 on Sunday and 137 on Monday.
The cases on Monday include:
- 59 cases from Winnipeg including 30 not fully vaccinated;
- 41 cases from the Southern Health region including 24 not fully vaccinated;
- 14 in the Northern health region including eight not fully vaccinated;
- 13 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region including eight not fully vaccinated; and
- 10 cases in the Interlake-Eastern Health Region including seven not fully vaccinated.
Manitoba's five-day test positivity rate is 6.3 per cent, while in Winnipeg it is 4.1 per cent.
On top of the cases, health officials announced six new deaths – including two on Saturday, three on Sunday and one on Monday, which brings the death toll to 1,334.
The deaths on Saturday include two men in their 50s and 60s, both from the Southern Health Region and linked to an outbreak at Manitoba Developmental Centre.
The deaths on Sunday include a woman in her 80s and a man in his 60s from the Southern Health region, along with a woman in her 100s from Winnipeg linked to the outbreak at the Grace Hospital Surgery Unit.
On Monday, the death of a man in his 70s from the Prairie Mountain Health Region reported.
The new cases bring the total number of cases in Manitoba to 68,845, though two cases have been removed due to a data correction.
Manitoba currently has 1,613 active cases, with 540 of them in Southern Health, 424 in Winnipeg, 342 in Northern Health, 177 in Prairie Mountain Health and 130 in Interlake-Eastern.
In hospitals, 152 people are receiving care due to COVID, 104 are still infectious. While in the ICU there are 30 patients, 24 with active cases.
Of the active hospital cases, 64 are not vaccinated, 35 are fully vaccinated and five have at least one dose. In the ICU, 22 are not vaccinated and two are fully vaccinated.
On the vaccine front, health officials said 22.3 per cent of children between the ages of five and 11 have been given the first dose of the vaccine.
In total 81.7 per cent of eligible Manitobans have received at least one dose, while 77.3 per cent are fully vaccinated.
One new COVID-19 outbreak has also been declared in the province. The Skyview unit at Lions Prairie Manor personal care home in Portage la Prairie is dealing with an outbreak and has been moved to red or critical on the Pandemic Response System.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
'They needed people inside Air Canada:' Police announce arrests in Pearson gold heist
Police say one former and one current employee of Air Canada are among the nine suspects that are facing charges in connection with the gold heist at Pearson International Airport last year.
Why drivers in Eastern Canada could see big gas price spikes, and other Canadians won't
Drivers in Eastern Canada face a big increase in gas prices because of various factors, especially the higher cost of the summer blend, industry analysts say.
Customers disappointed after email listing $60K Tim Hortons prize sent in error
Several Tim Horton’s customers are feeling great disappointment after being told by the company that an email stating they won a boat worth nearly $60,000 was sent in error.
Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter banned from NBA
Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter has been handed a lifetime ban from The National Basketball Association (NBA) following an investigation which found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors, the league says.
As GC Strategies partner is admonished by MPs, RCMP confirms search warrant executed
The RCMP confirmed Wednesday it had executed a search warrant at an address registered to GC Strategies. This development comes as MPs are enacting an extraordinary, rarely used parliamentary power, summoning one of its contractors to appear before the House of Commons to be admonished publicly for failing to answer questions related to the ArriveCan app.
Woman who pressured boyfriend to kill his ex in 2000s granted absences from prison
A woman who pressured her boyfriend into killing his teenage ex more than a decade ago will be allowed to leave prison for weeks at a time.
Attempt to have murder charge quashed against alleged serial killer dismissed by judge
A motion filed by the man accused of killing four Indigenous women in Winnipeg to have one of those murder charges quashed has been dismissed by the judge – weeks before the start of his trial.
Government proposes new policy for federally regulated employees to disconnect from work
In their 2024 budget, the federal government wants to amend the Canada Labour Code, so employers in federally regulated sectors will eliminate work-related communication with employees outside of scheduled hours. If implemented, this would affect roughly 500,000 across the country.
Earthquake jolts southern Japan
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 hit southern Japan late on Wednesday, said the Japan Meteorological Agency, without issuing a tsunami warning.