Nine more deaths, 238 new cases on Saturday
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This article was published 19/12/2020 (2123 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Saturday saw nine more COVID-related deaths recorded in Manitoba alongside 238 new cases.
The dead range in age from their 50s to 90s. Six were from the Winnipeg health region and one each were from Interlake-Eastern, Northern and Southern Health-Santé Sud.
Of the 238 new cases, 104 were from Winnipeg, followed by 55 in Northern, 33 in Interlake-Eastern, 30 in Southern Health-Santé Sud and 16 in Prairie Mountain Health.
Of the 327 active cases in Prairie Mountain Health, 162 are in the Brandon district, followed by 82 in Porcupine Mountain,14 in Duck Mountain, 12 in Unknown District, 11 in Spruce Woods, nine in Little Saskatchewan, eight in both Asessippi and Riding Mountain, five in Agassiz Mountain, four in each Swan River, Dauphin and Souris River, three in Whitemud and two in Turtle Mountain.
Prairie Mountain Health’s current active caseload of 327 cases marks a new potential record for health region. Although it hit 362 active cases on Dec. 5 as the end of a gradual increase, the province cited a backlog in data collection at the time as a contributing factor. The following day found its active case count drop to 172.
Province-wide, there are currently 5,668 active cases and 298 people in hospital, of whom 44 are in intensive care.
In Prairie Mountain Health, five people are in hospital of whom three are in intensive care.
In Manitoba, 16,406 people have recovered from COVID-19 and 556 people have died.
The current test positivity rate is 13.2 per cent provincially and 12 per cent in Winnipeg.
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