556 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death reported in Manitoba on Thursday
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Manitoba reported 556 new COVID-19 cases and one death on Thursday on its provincial dashboard.
That's the most new cases in a single day since May 21, when there were 594.
Sixty per cent of the cases —355 — are in the Winnipeg health region, which also accounts for the latest death.
The Southern Health region has 62 new cases, the Prairie Mountain Health region has 51, the Northern Health Region has 47 and the Interlake-Eastern health region has 41.
More specific information about the person who died — sex, age and any links to outbreaks or virus variants — is not yet available. The Manitoba government no longer holds news conferences or sends news releases on Thursdays to update case numbers, although some figures are available online.
The total number of deaths in Manitoba since the pandemic started is now 1,369.
The five-day test positivity rate in the province is now 10.9 per cent, the first time it has reached double digits since mid-June. It was 9.9 per cent on Wednesday.
There is no update on the rate for Winnipeg, which was 10.6 per cent on Wednesday.
Another statistic that is rapidly climbing is the province's seven-day average daily case count, which has now reached 329. One week ago it was 180.
It hasn't been this high since it was 329 at the start of June.
There are 144 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19, which is an increase of seven from Wednesday. Twenty-eight of those in hospital are in intensive care units, which is an increase of four.
Of the total cases reported Thursday, 440 (79 per cent) are in fully vaccinated people, while 84 (15 per cent) are in people who were not vaccinated at all and 32 (six per cent) are in people who are partly vaccinated.
The distribution shifts toward the unvaccinated when looking at severity of symptoms. Among the patients being treated for active COVID-19 in intensive care, 71 per cent are unvaccinated, 10 per cent are partly vaccinated and 19 per cent are fully vaccinated.
The numbers are much more equal among those in hospital, however. The non-vaccinated make up 47 per cent while the fully vaccinated account for 49 per cent. Just three per cent are partially vaccinated.
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