Thread by @bkives

Manitoba announced 354 new cases of #COVID19 and a record 19 more deaths on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020.

Active cases: 9,115*
Total caseload: 18,423
Recovered: 8,927
Deaths: 381

*Overstated due to backlog in calling patients to designate active cases as recovered.

The previous record daily death toll was 16.

Manitoba #COVID19 patients in hospital: 349 (down 12)
In ICU: 51* (down 4)

*Understated. The count does not include long-term COVID patients Shared Health no longer considers contagious but who still require intensive care.

Five-day Manitoba #COVID19 test-positivity rate: 13.1 per cent

Tests completed Friday: 2,981

Here are the 19 Manitobans who have most recently lost their lives to #COVID19:

· A Winnipeg woman in her 20s
· A Winnipeg man in his 50s
· A Northern woman in her 60s (The Pas Hospital Acute Care outbreak)
· A Winnipeg man in his 60s
· Two Winnipeg women in their 70s

1/x

· A Winnipeg woman in her 70s (Oakview Place personal care home outbreak)
· A Winnipeg man in his 70s
· A Winnipeg man in his 70s (Park Manor Care outbreak)
· A Winnipeg man in his 70s (St. Norbert Personal Care Home outbreak)
· A Winnipeg man in his 80s

2/x

· A Winnipeg man in his 80s (St. Norbert Personal Care Home outbreak)
· A Winnipeg woman in her 90s
· A Winnipeg woman in her 90s (Park Manor Care outbreak)
· A Winnipeg woman in her 90s (Holy Family Home outbreak
· A Winnipeg woman in her 90s (St. Norbert outbreak)

3/4

· A Winnipeg man in his 90s (Park Manor Care outbreak)
· A Winnipeg man in his 90s (Bethania Mennonite Personal Care Home outbreak)
· A Winnipeg woman in her 100s (Holy Family Home outbreak)

4/4

Regional breakdown of new Manitoba #COVID19 cases:

235 Winnipeg
44 Southern
32 Interlake-Eastern
31 Northern
12 Prairie Mountain

New Manitoba #COVID19 outbreaks:

- Milner Ridge Correctional Centre, near Beausejour
- Greendale Estate Assisted Living Facility, Grunthal

Outbreaks over:

- Health Sciences Centre, GA4 unit, Winnipeg
- Seymour Pacific Developments Ltd., Brandon