Northern Manitoba saw its new COVID-19 case numbers rise steeply in the three days up to and including Dec. 13, with 118 new infections, including 48 on Monday.
Only about one-third of the new infections in the region on Monday affected people who were nor fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
There are currently close to 400 active cases of the virus in the north, including 119 in the Island Lake health district, 83 in the Grand Rapids/Misipawisitik/Moose Lake/Mosakahiken/Easteville/Chemawawin health district, which had only one active case a week ago. There are also 79 active cases in the Bunibonibee/Oxford Hose/Manto Sipi/God’s Rive/God’s Lake health district. The Thompson/Mystery Lake health district had two active cases Dec. 13.
Manitoba as a whole saw 478 new cases of the virus in three days, including 163 on Saturday, 163 on Sunday and 152 on Monday. 64 of the new cases on Monday affected people who are not fully vaccinated against the virus.
There were also eight more deaths resulting from COVID-19 over those three days, bringing the total number of Manitobans who have died from their coronavirus infections since the pandemic began 1,353.
The five-day test positivity rate in the province is 5.7 per cent and there are 142 Manitobans in hospital due to their infections, 34 of whom are in intensive care. No northern residents are currently in intensive care due to COVID-19 but there are five hospitalized as a result of their infections.
47 per cent of active infections affect people who have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine, while 46 per cent affect those who have not received even one dose of vaccine. 64 per cent of active infections amongst hospitalized Manitobans affect people who have not received a single dose of vaccine, while 92 per cent of patients in intensive care with active COVID-19 infections are unvaccinated.
Manitoba parents continue to have children age five to 11 vaccinated at a high rate, with 34.1 per cent of children in that age group having received their first dose of vaccine so far. 84.3 per cent of Manitobans aged five and older have had at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, while 78 per cent have had two doses. Manitobans aged 60 or older or those aged 18 and older who live on First Nations are strongly encouraged to get a third dose if they received their second dose on or before July 10. Other Manitobans are eligible to receive booster doses once six months have elapsed since their second dose.
