Coronavirus: Manitoba reports three deaths and 41 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday

WINNIPEG –

Three more people in Manitoba have died with COVID-19 as the province reports 41 new cases of COVID-19 – the majority of which are among the unvaccinated.

On Monday, the province reported the deaths of two women in their 60s from Interlake-Eastern health region and a woman in her 60s from Winnipeg health region whose deaths were linked to the Delta variant (B.1.617 .2).

The total number of deaths in Manitoba is now 1,202.

In addition to the deaths, the province has reported 41 cases. Of these cases, 30 are not vaccinated, two are partially vaccinated and nine are fully vaccinated.

Of the new cases, 21 cases are from Southern Health, 12 from Winnipeg, five from Prairie Mountain Health Region, two from Northern Health Region and one from Interlake-Eastern Health Region.

This brings the total number of cases in Manitoba to 59,368, including 569 active cases and 57,597 recoveries. Eight cases were removed from the total due to a data correction.

The five-day test positive rate is 3.2% in the province and 1.6% in Winnipeg.

There are currently 69 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19, 29 of whom have active COVID. There are also 14 people in intensive care, seven of them with active COVID.

On Sunday, 1,739 tests were carried out, bringing the total to 951,975 since February 2020.

This is a developing story. More details to come.