Manitoba Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Jazz Atwal reported 222 net new cases of COVID-19 this afternoon bringing the five day test positivity rate to 10.6 percent. He also reported two additional deaths in the Winnipeg region. Of the new cases 126 were in the Winnipeg region with lower numbers in other regions including 27 in Northern health. Of the total 53,872 reported cases 3490 are considered active, 49,293people have recovered and 276 are in hospital with 63 intensive care and 30 in care outside the province. Atwal says statistics show things are gradually improving so it’s going to take some time as cases are one thing to drop down but hospital ICU numbers will take some time to drop down as well. He adds for the next couple weeks we still need to be cautious about having too many interactions. He notes we have a reopening strategy but that’s based on limited interactions between individuals.
A total of 1,003,678 doses of vaccine have been administered in Manitoba and eligibility for second doses has been expanded to include individuals who have received their first dose on or before May 6th.
