Manitoba Acting Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Jazz Atwal announced 153 new cases of COVID-19 this afternoon bringing the five day test positivity rate to 9.5 percent.  He also reported six additional deaths with five in the Winnipeg region and one in Prairie Mountain health.  Of the new cases 70 are in the Northern health region and 48 in Winnipeg with lower numbers in other regions. The total number of active cases reported in the Flin Flon, Cranberry Portage, Snow Lake, Sherridon district has dropped two to 18.  Of the total 27,893 reported cases 3137 are considered active, 23,968 individuals have recovered, 273 are in hospital with 36 in intensive care.                

A member of the Manitoba Vaccine Implementation Task Force Dr. Joss Reimer reported a new online vaccine dashboard has been launched and it shows how many doses they have received, how many have been given to eligible Manitobans, how many doses are scheduled to be given to Manitobans in the next 28 days and a breakdown of the age and sex of those Manitobans who have been immunized.

It can be found at www.manitoba.ca/vaccine.html.