March 17 provincial update
3/17/2021 at 1:30 PM
The Province has issued Wednesday’s daily COVID-19 bulletin at:
https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/?archive=&item=51008
A local perspective on data released alongside today’s update is below.
BRANDON:
Total cases on dashboard: 1019 (-1)
Active cases on dashboard: 8 (-1)
Recoveries on dashboard: 989 (no change)
Deaths: 22 (no change)
PRAIRIE MOUNTAIN HEALTH REGION:
Reported new cases: 1
Total cases on dashboard: 2102 (+1)
Active cases on dashboard: 21 (-3)
Recoveries on dashboard: 2028 (+4)
Deaths: 53 (no change)
Active Hospitalizations: 3 (no change)
ICU Active patients: 0 (no change)
Compared to yesterday’s update, these are the differences in PMH case breakdown by age group in differentiating provincial data released yesterday vs today:
60-69: +1 male
50-59: +1 female
40-49: -1 female
In Manitoba as a whole, the province is reporting 96 new cases of COVID-19 and a five day test positivity rate of 4.4% in Manitoba.