COVID-19 bulletin #309
Public health officials advise seven additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a male in his 50s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region;
• a male in his 40s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a male in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre;
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Deer Lodge Centre; and
• a female in her 100s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Oakview Place Personal Care Home.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.9 per cent provincially and 9.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 203 new cases of the virus have been identified, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 26,166.