Manitoba announced 502 new cases of #COVID19 and 4 more deaths on Monday, May 10, 2021.
Active cases: 3,771
Total caseload: 42,451
Recovered: 37,683
Deaths: 997
Active cases: 3,771
Total caseload: 42,451
Recovered: 37,683
Deaths: 997
Manitoba #COVID19 patients in hospital: 215 (up 5)
In ICU: 60 (up 8)
ICU COVID patients are now near same peak from second wave in the fall.
In ICU: 60 (up 8)
ICU COVID patients are now near same peak from second wave in the fall.
Five-day Manitoba #COVID19 test-positivity rate: 11.6 per cent (up 0.7 percentage points)
Winnipeg rate: 13.8 per cent
Tests completed Sunday: 3,787
Winnipeg rate: 13.8 per cent
Tests completed Sunday: 3,787
Regional breakdown of new Manitoba #COVID19 cases:
399 Winnipeg
48 Southern
25 Interlake-Eastern
20 Prairie Mountain
10 Northern
399 Winnipeg
48 Southern
25 Interlake-Eastern
20 Prairie Mountain
10 Northern
Roussin says too many people who have been exposed to people with COVID at home are not isolating.
The latest Manitobans to succumb to #COVID19:
• A Southern man his 40s who contracted B117
• A Northern man in his 50s
• A Winnipeg man in his 60s who contracted B117
• A Southern man in his 80s who contracted B117
• A Southern man his 40s who contracted B117
• A Northern man in his 50s
• A Winnipeg man in his 60s who contracted B117
• A Southern man in his 80s who contracted B117
Roussin says public health nurses are reporting some people are reluctant to divulge contacts to contact tracers.
Roussin reassures public info is kept confidential.
Roussin reassures public info is kept confidential.
Manitoba recorded only 7,979 more #COVID19 vaccine doses Sunday.
Manitobans with at least 1 shot: 481,119
Proportion of Manitobans 18 and up at least partly immunized: 44.8%
Fully immunized: 76,060
Proportion fully immunized: 7.1%
Manitobans aged 18 and up: ~1,074,581
Manitobans with at least 1 shot: 481,119
Proportion of Manitobans 18 and up at least partly immunized: 44.8%
Fully immunized: 76,060
Proportion fully immunized: 7.1%
Manitobans aged 18 and up: ~1,074,581
Seven-day average daily case count in Manitoba rises to 421.
Record seven-day average was 424 on Nov. 24.
Record seven-day average was 424 on Nov. 24.
Note the model dated May 4 projected COVID patients in ICU could reach ~60 by May 23.
We are at 60 on May 10.
We are at 60 on May 10.
Roussin says presence of B1617 in Manitoba - now a variant of concern - doesn't change epidemiology.
MB treating all cases as VOCs.
MB treating all cases as VOCs.
Roussin asked for case projections.
He promises modelling will be released more proactively. Doesn't have a date for that.
He promises modelling will be released more proactively. Doesn't have a date for that.
Roussin again pledges more modelling will be made public. Pallister said so, as well.
So this looks probable.
So this looks probable.
Roussin says contact-tracing efforts are within targets.
No specific metric stated, however.
No specific metric stated, however.
Shared Health:
There are 110 patients of all diagnoses - COVID and non-COVID - in Manitoba ICU wards.
Peak in fall was 129.
There are 110 patients of all diagnoses - COVID and non-COVID - in Manitoba ICU wards.
Peak in fall was 129.
Roussin says he's optimistic third wave will recede more quickly than second wave, mainly because of vaccinations.
[Data suggests this is highly probable. Real-world progression in U.K. also suggests this is probable.]
[Data suggests this is highly probable. Real-world progression in U.K. also suggests this is probable.]
And that's it for today.
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