Manitoba reports 56 infections Thursday after triple-digit day of COVID-19 cases

The 105 infections reported on Wednesday the most in one day since June 26 signaled that the fourth wave of the pandemic is looming.

The death reported on Wednesday has now been identified as a man in his twenties by the Interlake-Eastern health authority. This is the first death of a person 29 years of age or younger since the end of June.

As of Thursday, the province’s five-day test positivity rate remains stable at 2.8 percent, while the rate is 1.5 percent in Winnipeg.

Of the 56 new infections, 44 of them involve people who are not fully vaccinated.

The majority of these 56 cases are in Southern Health (22) and Winnipeg (18). There are also 10 cases in the Northern Health Region and three each in Interlake-Eastern and Prairie Mountain.

There are 65 people hospitalized in the province after contracting COVID-19, an increase of one person from Wednesday. The number of people in intensive care with the virus is now 21, up by two.

The province also identified 93 more cases linked to highly transmissible coronavirus variants than the day before, according to theonline variant dashboard.

The number of cases identified as linked to unspecified variants increased by 73 on Thursday. There are also seven other cases associated with the delta variant, or B.1.617.2.

The number of active cases linked to variants increased from 66 to 224 cases.

The proportion of eligible Manitobans aged 12 and over who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 is now 76 percent, up 0.2 percent. Of those who have received at least one dose, that number is now 81.6%, the province’s online vaccine dashboard says.

Also on Thursday, the province declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the George M. Guimond Care Center in Sagkeeng First Nation and called the outbreak over at the Selkirk Regional Health Center Surgical Unit.

A total of 1,993 COVID-19 tests were performed on Wednesday.

There are 443 active cases of the virus in the province and 56,847 people are counted among those recovered. COVID-19 has ended the lives of 1,189 people in Manitoba.

In a law enforcement update, the province said it issued 10 tickets between August 9 and 22, including $ 5,000 to two companies and one ticket of $ 8,550 to an individual for violation of the law. Federal Quarantine Act.