News - COVID-19

The Manitoba government has announced that it is implementing new public health orders to restrict gathering sizes and help slow the spread of variants of concern to protect the health-care system and all Manitobans from the third wave of COVID-19 in Manitoba.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 7.6 per cent provincially and 8.2 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on April 24, 2021, 210 new cases of the virus have been identified, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 37,808. 

The province is expanding COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to include all adults who live or work in the Northern Regional Health Authority and expanding community-based eligibility to Seven Oaks West in Winnipeg.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 7.1 per cent provincially and 7.6 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on April 25, 2021, 259 new cases of the virus have been identified, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 37,598.

Manitoba has reached another significant milestone in the fight against COVID-19, as more than 30 per cent of people aged 18 and older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and more than 400,000 doses have been administered.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6.8 per cent provincially and 7.2 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on April 24, 2021, 276 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, six cases have been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 270 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 37,339.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6.5 per cent provincially and 6.8 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on April 23, 2021, 181 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases have been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 179 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 37,069.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6.4 per cent provincially and 6.5 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on April 22, 2021, 261 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, three cases have been removed due to data correction. This brings the net new number of cases today to 258 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 36,890.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6.3 per cent provincially and 6.6 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on April 24, 2021, 164 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases have been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 162 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 36,632.

A total of 121 warnings and 21 tickets were issued for the week of April 12 to 18, including 14 $1,296 tickets to individuals for various offences, four $5,000 tickets to business and three $5,150 tickets to individuals under the federal quarantine act.