97 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths in Manitoba Monday

Provincial health officials announced 97 new cases of COVID-19 and 2 more deaths in Manitoba Monday.

There are 1,219 active cases in Manitoba, with 206 people in hospital, 32 of them in intensive care.
The five-day test positivity rate is 5.4 in Manitoba, and 4.4 in Winnipeg.

The new deaths include:
• a woman in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region
• a woman in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Charleswood Care Centre

Of the new cases announced Monday, 54 are in the Winnipeg health region, 2 in Southern Health; 4 in Interlake–Eastern; 1 in Prairie Mountain; and 36 in Northern Health.