The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 3.4 per cent provincially and 3.1 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on July 15, 2021, 42 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case has been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 41 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 57,028.

Public health officials advise one new death in a person with COVID-19 is being reported today:

  • a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an unspecified variant of concern.

Of the 42 cases reported today, the COVID-19 data shows:

  • 18 new cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
  • two new cases in the Northern health region;
  • five new cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
  • three new cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
  • 14 new cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:

  • 973 active cases and 54,891 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
  • 128 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19 in Manitoba and neighbouring provinces including: 43 people in hospital in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 83 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious, amounting to a total of 126 hospitalizations;
  • a total of 31 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19 including: nine people in intensive care units in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 20 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, amounting to a total of 29 ICU patients in Manitoba; and two Manitoba patients in intensive care units outside the province, all of whom are in Ontario;
  • 43 patients previously receiving care in an out-of-province ICU have now been returned to Manitoba hospitals for further care; and no COVID-19 patients were transported out of province for care yesterday;
  • 1,596 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 851,231; and
  • the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,164.

Possible exposure locations are listed online by region at the province’s #RestartMB Pandemic Response System webpage. For up-to-date information on possible public exposures to COVID-19 in regions, visit gov.mb.ca and click on your region.

Additional data on variants of concern is updated from Tuesday to Saturday at geoportal.gov.mb.ca. Data related to COVID-19, outbreaks and some downloadable and historic data can also be found at this site.

For up-to-date information on COVID-19 in Manitoba, including the online screening tool, testing criteria and locations, self-isolation requirements, public health fundamentals and the provincial response level on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System, visit manitoba.ca.