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Province announced a gradual loosening of restrictions, beginning with when the current Public Health Orders expire on Tuesday, February 8.  
 
Starting on the 8th and until Feb 22nd, new health orders will relax some restrictions as it pertains to indoor and outdoor gathering capacity limits. Please see link below for full details. Among the changes is a return to 50% capacity for events (removal of 250 person cap), with mandatory vaccine and masking requirements remaining in place.  
 
At the media briefing it was said that after these two weeks a path will be considered to further restrictions based on the data. It sounds like there's a hope that by later this Spring nearly all restrictions could be relaxed and replaced with recommendations.  
 
Full link:  
https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/?archive=&item=53257

Below is a comparison of the data on Wednesday's provincial dashboard update to the previous update. eBrandon in no way is affiliated with nor represents the Province of Manitoba. Official data and information on Covid-19 in Manitoba as well as current Public Health Orders in place and details on Vaccines can be obtained at this link. While every effort is made to accurately present localized data based on dashboard data, in the event of any descrepency Dashboard data shall prevail. 
 
HOSPITALIZATION DATA  
PMH Active Hospitalizations: 58 (no change)  
PMH Total Hospitalizations: 73 (+2)  
PMH Active ICU Patients: 4 (no change)  
PMH Total ICU Patients: 5 (-1)  
PMH Total Deaths: 125 (no change)

MB Active Hospitalizations: 642 (+6)   
MB Total Hospitalizations: 744 (+7)  
MB Active ICU Patients: 47 (+1)  
MB Total ICU Patients: 54 (no change)  
MB Total Deaths: 1576 (+7)

Data on total Manitoba ICU beds in use vs capacity has been reported by CBC on an ongoing basis. Today's data indicates that 110 ICU beds were in use between Covid and non-Covid patients versus Tuesday's 114. 

VACCINE DATA  
Updated vaccine data shows that 85.7% of the eligible population in Manitoba age 5 and over have now received at least one vaccine dose (no change vs last update), 79.7% have received a second dose (no change vs last update) and 40.6% have received a third dose (+0.2% vs last update). Prairie Mountain Health is showing at 78.0% (no change vs last data update).  

Brandon district data shows an 85.6% uptake rate in people age 5 and over (+0.1% vs previous update).

Below is a comparison of the data on Wednesday's provincial dashboard update to the previous update. eBrandon in no way is affiliated with nor represents the Province of Manitoba. Official data and information on Covid-19 in Manitoba as well as current Public Health Orders in place and details on Vaccines can be obtained at this link. While every effort is made to accurately present localized data based on dashboard data, in the event of any descrepency Dashboard data shall prevail. 
 
HOSPITALIZATION DATA  
PMH Active Hospitalizations: 45 (-13)  
PMH Total Hospitalizations: 68 (-5)  
PMH Active ICU Patients: 5 (+1)  
PMH Total ICU Patients: 6 (+1)  
PMH Total Deaths: 125 (no change)

MB Active Hospitalizations: 521 (-121)   
MB Total Hospitalizations: 736 (-8)  
MB Active ICU Patients: 41 (-6)  
MB Total ICU Patients: 54 (no change)  
MB Total Deaths: 1583 (+7)

Data on total Manitoba ICU beds in use vs capacity has been reported by CBC on an ongoing basis. Today's data indicates that 108 ICU beds were in use between Covid and non-Covid patients versus Wednesday's 110. 

VACCINE DATA  
Updated vaccine data shows that 85.7% of the eligible population in Manitoba age 5 and over have now received at least one vaccine dose (no change vs last update), 79.9% have received a second dose (+0.2% vs last update) and 40.8% have received a third dose (+0.2% vs last update). Prairie Mountain Health is showing at 78.1% (+0.1% vs last data update).  

Brandon district data shows an 85.6% uptake rate in people age 5 and over (no change vs previous update).

Below is a comparison of the data on Friday's provincial dashboard update to the previous update. eBrandon in no way is affiliated with nor represents the Province of Manitoba. Official data and information on Covid-19 in Manitoba as well as current Public Health Orders in place and details on Vaccines can be obtained at this link. While every effort is made to accurately present localized data based on dashboard data, in the event of any descrepency Dashboard data shall prevail. 
 
HOSPITALIZATION DATA  
PMH Active Hospitalizations: 46 (+1)  
PMH Total Hospitalizations: 66 (-2)  
PMH Active ICU Patients: 5 (no change)  
PMH Total ICU Patients: 6 (no change)  
PMH Total Deaths: 125 (no change)

MB Active Hospitalizations: 517 (-4)   
MB Total Hospitalizations: 707 (-29)  
MB Active ICU Patients: 39 (-2)  
MB Total ICU Patients: 52 (-2)  
MB Total Deaths: 1585 (+2)

Data on total Manitoba ICU beds in use vs capacity has been reported by CBC on an ongoing basis. Today's data indicates that 108 ICU beds were in use between Covid and non-Covid patients, the same number that was reported yesterday. 

VACCINE DATA  
Updated vaccine data shows that 85.8% of the eligible population in Manitoba age 5 and over have now received at least one vaccine dose (+0.1% vs last update), 80.0% have received a second dose (+0.1% vs last update) and 41.1% have received a third dose (+0.3% vs last update). Prairie Mountain Health is showing at 78.1% (no change vs last data update).  

Brandon district data shows an 85.6% uptake rate in people age 5 and over (no change vs previous update).

Below is a comparison of the data on Monday's provincial dashboard update to the previous update on Friday. eBrandon in no way is affiliated with nor represents the Province of Manitoba. Official data and information on Covid-19 in Manitoba as well as current Public Health Orders in place and details on Vaccines can be obtained at this link. While every effort is made to accurately present localized data based on dashboard data, in the event of any descrepency Dashboard data shall prevail. 
 
HOSPITALIZATION DATA  
PMH Active Hospitalizations: 55 (+9)  
PMH Total Hospitalizations: 73 (+7)  
PMH Active ICU Patients: 7 (+2)  
PMH Total ICU Patients: 8 (+2)  
PMH Total Deaths: 126 (+1)

MB Active Hospitalizations: 529 (+12)   
MB Total Hospitalizations: 702 (-5)  
MB Active ICU Patients: 35 (-4)  
MB Total ICU Patients: 47 (-5)  
MB Total Deaths: 1600 (+15)

Data on total Manitoba ICU beds in use vs capacity has been reported by CBC on an ongoing basis. Today's data indicates that 109 ICU beds were in use between Covid and non-Covid patients, an increase of one in the number reported on Friday. 

VACCINE DATA  
Updated vaccine data shows that 85.8% of the eligible population in Manitoba age 5 and over have now received at least one vaccine dose (no change vs last update), 80.3% have received a second dose (+0.3% vs last update) and 41.7% have received a third dose (+0.6% vs last update). Prairie Mountain Health is showing at 78.1% (no change vs last data update).  

Brandon district data shows an 85.7% uptake rate in people age 5 and over (+0.1% vs previous update).

Below is a comparison of the data on Tuesday's provincial dashboard update to the previous update. eBrandon in no way is affiliated with nor represents the Province of Manitoba. Official data and information on Covid-19 in Manitoba as well as current Public Health Orders in place and details on Vaccines can be obtained at this link. While every effort is made to accurately present localized data based on dashboard data, in the event of any descrepency Dashboard data shall prevail. 
 
HOSPITALIZATION DATA  
PMH Active Hospitalizations: 59 (+4)  
PMH Total Hospitalizations: 78 (+5)  
PMH Active ICU Patients: 5 (-2)  
PMH Total ICU Patients: 6 (-2)  
PMH Total Deaths: 126 (no change)

MB Active Hospitalizations: 530 (+1)   
MB Total Hospitalizations: 697 (-5)  
MB Active ICU Patients: 29 (-6)  
MB Total ICU Patients: 40 (-7)  
MB Total Deaths: 1602 (+2)

Data on total Manitoba ICU beds in use vs capacity has been reported by CBC on an ongoing basis. Today's data was not available as of the time of this post. The number was 109 ICU beds yesterday. 

VACCINE DATA  
Updated vaccine data shows that 85.8% of the eligible population in Manitoba age 5 and over have now received at least one vaccine dose (no change vs last update), 80.4% have received a second dose (+0.1% vs last update) and 41.8% have received a third dose (+0.1% vs last update). Prairie Mountain Health is showing at 78.1% (no change vs last data update).  

Brandon district data shows an 85.7% uptake rate in people age 5 and over (no change vs previous update).

Below is a comparison of the data on Tuesday's provincial dashboard update to the previous update. eBrandon in no way is affiliated with nor represents the Province of Manitoba. Official data and information on Covid-19 in Manitoba as well as current Public Health Orders in place and details on Vaccines can be obtained at this link. While every effort is made to accurately present localized data based on dashboard data, in the event of any descrepency Dashboard data shall prevail. 
 
HOSPITALIZATION DATA  
PMH Active Hospitalizations: 62 (+3)  
PMH Total Hospitalizations: 81 (+3)  
PMH Active ICU Patients: 3 (-2)  
PMH Total ICU Patients: 4 (-2)  
PMH Total Deaths: 126 (no change)

MB Active Hospitalizations: 513 (-17)   
MB Total Hospitalizations: 680 (-17)  
MB Active ICU Patients: 31 (+2)  
MB Total ICU Patients: 43 (+3)  
MB Total Deaths: 1613 (+9)

Data on total Manitoba ICU beds in use vs capacity has been reported by CBC on an ongoing basis. Today's data was not available as of the time of this post. The number was 101 ICU beds yesterday. 

VACCINE DATA  
Updated vaccine data shows that 85.9% of the eligible population in Manitoba age 5 and over have now received at least one vaccine dose (+0.1% vs last update), 80.5% have received a second dose (+0.1% vs last update) and 42.0% have received a third dose (+0.2% vs last update). Prairie Mountain Health is showing at 78.2% (+0.1% vs last data update).  

Brandon district data shows an 85.7% uptake rate in people age 5 and over (no change vs previous update).

Below is a comparison of the data on Thursday's provincial dashboard update to the previous update. eBrandon in no way is affiliated with nor represents the Province of Manitoba. Official data and information on Covid-19 in Manitoba as well as current Public Health Orders in place and details on Vaccines can be obtained at this link. While every effort is made to accurately present localized data based on dashboard data, in the event of any descrepency Dashboard data shall prevail. 
 
HOSPITALIZATION DATA  
PMH Active Hospitalizations: 43 (-19)  
PMH Total Hospitalizations: 69 (-12)  
PMH Active ICU Patients: 2 (-1)  
PMH Total ICU Patients: 3 (-1)  
PMH Total Deaths: 128 (+2)

MB Active Hospitalizations: 401 (-112)   
MB Total Hospitalizations: 661 (-19)  
MB Active ICU Patients: 27 (-4)  
MB Total ICU Patients: 42 (-1)  
MB Total Deaths: 1616 (+3)

Data on total Manitoba ICU beds in use vs capacity has been reported by CBC on an ongoing basis. Today's data was not available as of the time of this post. The number was 102 ICU beds yesterday. 

VACCINE DATA  
Updated vaccine data shows that 85.9% of the eligible population in Manitoba age 5 and over have now received at least one vaccine dose (no change vs last update), 80.7% have received a second dose (+0.2% vs last update) and 42.2% have received a third dose (+0.2% vs last update). Prairie Mountain Health is showing at 78.2% (no change vs last data update).  

Brandon district data shows an 85.8% uptake rate in people age 5 and over (+0.1% vs previous update).

Sorry folks, I missed Friday's update and so comparisons will go back to Thursday's update.

Below is a comparison of the data on Monday's provincial dashboard update to the previous update. eBrandon in no way is affiliated with nor represents the Province of Manitoba. Official data and information on Covid-19 in Manitoba as well as current Public Health Orders in place and details on Vaccines can be obtained at this link. While every effort is made to accurately present localized data based on dashboard data, in the event of any descrepency Dashboard data shall prevail. 
 
HOSPITALIZATION DATA  
PMH Active Hospitalizations: 62 (+19)  
PMH Total Hospitalizations: 85 (+16)  
PMH Active ICU Patients: 2 (no change)  
PMH Total ICU Patients: 3 (no change)  
PMH Total Deaths: 130 (+2)

MB Active Hospitalizations: 415 (+14)   
MB Total Hospitalizations: 633 (-28)  
MB Active ICU Patients: 26 (-1)  
MB Total ICU Patients: 40 (-2)  
MB Total Deaths: 1637 (+21)

CBC's Bartley Kives had been reporting daily province-wide ICU data (Covid or non). He has posted that he's on a well-deserved vacation and so won't be posting that data for the time being. If anyone else comes across another source please share!

VACCINE DATA  
Updated vaccine data shows that 86.0% of the eligible population in Manitoba age 5 and over have now received at least one vaccine dose (+0.1% vs last update), 81.1% have received a second dose (+0.4% vs last update) and 42.7% have received a third dose (+0.5% vs last update). Prairie Mountain Health is showing at 78.3% (+0.1% vs last data update).  

Brandon district data shows an 85.9% uptake rate in people age 5 and over (+0.1% vs previous update).

Below is a comparison of the data on Tuesday's provincial dashboard update to the previous update. eBrandon in no way is affiliated with nor represents the Province of Manitoba. Official data and information on Covid-19 in Manitoba as well as current Public Health Orders in place and details on Vaccines can be obtained at this link. While every effort is made to accurately present localized data based on dashboard data, in the event of any descrepency Dashboard data shall prevail. 

HOSPITALIZATION DATA  

PMH Active Hospitalizations: 62 (no change)  
PMH Total Hospitalizations: 84 (-1)  
PMH Active ICU Patients: 2 (no change)  
PMH Total ICU Patients: 3 (no change)  
PMH Total Deaths: 130 (no change)

MB Active Hospitalizations: 411 (-4)   
MB Total Hospitalizations: 614 (-19)
MB Active ICU Patients: 25 (-1)  
MB Total ICU Patients: 38 (-2)  
MB Total Deaths: 1637 (+21)

VACCINE DATA  

Updated vaccine data shows that 86.0% of the eligible population in Manitoba age 5 and over have now received at least one vaccine dose (no change vs last update), 81.2% have received a second dose (+0.1% vs last update) and 42.8% have received a third dose (+0.1% vs last update). Prairie Mountain Health is showing at 78.3% (no change vs last data update).  

Brandon district data shows an 85.9% uptake rate in people age 5 and over (no change vs previous update).

Below is a comparison of the data on Wednesday's provincial dashboard update to the previous update. eBrandon in no way is affiliated with nor represents the Province of Manitoba. Official data and information on Covid-19 in Manitoba as well as current Public Health Orders in place and details on Vaccines can be obtained at this link. While every effort is made to accurately present localized data based on dashboard data, in the event of any descrepency Dashboard data shall prevail. 

HOSPITALIZATION DATA  

PMH Active Hospitalizations: 66 (+4)  
PMH Total Hospitalizations: 87 (+3)  
PMH Active ICU Patients: 2 (no change)  
PMH Total ICU Patients: 3 (no change)  
PMH Total Deaths: 132 (+2)

MB Active Hospitalizations: 418 (+7)   
MB Total Hospitalizations: 614 (no change) 
MB Active ICU Patients: 24 (-1)  
MB Total ICU Patients: 38 (no change)  
MB Total Deaths: 1642 (+5)

VACCINE DATA  

Updated vaccine data shows that 86.1% of the eligible population in Manitoba age 5 and over have now received at least one vaccine dose (+0.1% vs last update), 81.3% have received a second dose (+0.1% vs last update) and 42.8% have received a third dose (no change vs last update). Prairie Mountain Health is showing at 78.3% (no change vs last data update).  

Brandon district data shows an 85.9% uptake rate in people age 5 and over (no change vs previous update).

This will be the final daily update I'll be posting to this thread, though we're definitely not out of the woods yet and the Province has many still-vital public health measures in place. Please keep in the loop with data updates on the Provincial Covid website. Should there be a meaningful change in the state of Covid I'll make sure that a new thread is started.  Vaccines continue to be an important tool in the battle against Covid. Please visit the provincial vaccine site for details on that importance, answers to common questions and details on how to book

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Below is a comparison of the data on Friday's provincial dashboard update to the previous update I had posted two days ago on Wednesday. eBrandon in no way is affiliated with nor represents the Province of Manitoba. Official data and information on Covid-19 in Manitoba as well as current Public Health Orders in place and details on Vaccines can be obtained at this link. While every effort is made to accurately present localized data based on dashboard data, in the event of any descrepency Dashboard data shall prevail. 

HOSPITALIZATION DATA  

PMH Active Hospitalizations: 53 (-13)  
PMH Total Hospitalizations: 83 (-4)  
PMH Active ICU Patients: 0 (-2)  
PMH Total ICU Patients: 3 (no change)  
PMH Total Deaths: 135 (+3)

MB Active Hospitalizations: 302 (-116)   
MB Total Hospitalizations: 583 (-31) 
MB Active ICU Patients: 13 (-11)  
MB Total ICU Patients: 33 (-5)  
MB Total Deaths: 1649 (+7)

VACCINE DATA  

Updated vaccine data shows that 86.1% of the eligible population in Manitoba age 5 and over have now received at least one vaccine dose (no change vs last update), 81.5% have received a second dose (+0.2% vs last update) and 43.1% have received a third dose (+0.3% vs last update). Prairie Mountain Health is showing at 78.4% (+0.1% vs last data update).  

Brandon district data shows an 85.9% uptake rate in people age 5 and over (no change vs previous update).

That is the last daily #COVID19 update from Manitoba.

The province is moving to weekly updates next week.

— Bartley Kives (@bkives) March 25, 2022

I sought comment from Dr. Brent Roussin, the chief provincial public health officer, as to how Manitobans can assess the COVID risk for themselves - as he suggested they should - without meaningful data.

My request was denied.

— Bartley Kives (@bkives) March 25, 2022

I sought comment from Dr. Jazz Atwal, the deputy provincial public health officer as to how less data matches up with his promise to provide more transparency.

My request was denied.

— Bartley Kives (@bkives) March 25, 2022

I have continued to request Winnipeg wastewater-monitoring data in real time, which the feds collect and provide the the province regularly.

The province said no can do, that's federal data.

The feds only publish it once a month.

— Bartley Kives (@bkives) March 25, 2022

Doesnt make a lot of sense that bottleneck is at the federal level if wastewater data in all of BC, AB, SK, ON is avail in what seems like useful form. 

New cbc story today at the link below, “ The new COVID data frontier: Making evidence-based decisions in an era with less evidence”  

closes with the statement:

"In the end, public health officials promised more transparency to help Manitobans make decisions, offered less of it instead and then refused to explain the disjunction."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-data-secrecy-analysis-1.6399266

Story by the Free Press on Manitobans now having to be in the dark when it comes to state of COVID in the province, having to do best to interpret other provinces’ data to try to get some form of read on what the state and any trends might be here:  
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/coronavirus/manitobans-living-in-the-dark-with-covid-risk-experts-fear-576339922.html

To be clear, NML in Winnipeg conducts lab analysis of the samples.

Results are sent to the province for interpretation twice a week.

MB could make that interpretation public twice a week.

MB claims the feds own the data. But it’s the one that interprets what the data means.

— Bartley Kives (@bkives) March 29, 2022

MB chooses not to make its interpretation public.

— Bartley Kives (@bkives) March 29, 2022

Global story:  
“Removal of Manitoba COVID-19 data portal alarms epidemiologist”  

https://globalnews.ca/news/8723075/removal-of-manitoba-covid-19-data-portal-alarms-epidemiologist/

Ontario continuing to report regular numbers. From this link, most recent hospitalizations reported today at the highest in about a month with today's number being an increase of a little more than 20% over the same day last week. No obvious upward trejectory in ICU usage as of data released today. Hopefully that continues to be the case, bearing in mind that historically ICU bed use has trailed a rise in hospitalizations by a number of days:  
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-reports-more-than-850-covid-19-hospitalizations-for-first-time-in-a-month-1.5845707  
 
Their dashboard for data including hospitalizations continues to be a real exercise in contrast from what Manitoba is now offering just one province over... even going as far as having easy-to-read charts that let one spot any day-to-day trends in hosptalizations or in used ICU beds vs available ICU beds. Obviously not going to be the exact same thing in this province, but in absense of local data I do try to keep an eye on trends in the same virus in other provinces for what we might be seeing here now or in the future:
https://covid-19.ontario.ca/data/hospitalizations 

And from that link:  
“Latest modelling by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) released on Friday showed a 34-per cent increase in daily average case counts as of March 30, indicating a resurgence is underway.”  
 
Not the most ideal when it’s not Manitoba-specific but it would be naive to think that those same models don't imply at least a similar increase here now or soon. 

Weekly Health Canada epidemiology report is out:  https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/epidemiological-summary-covid-19-cases.html?topic=tilelink

Little embarrassing when you click on the link for Manitoba data via the provincial site and get an “error, page not found.” Province has totally removed the usual data page and not redirected to a new page with at least a little more info/context given how many other pages would’ve linked to the old Manitoba data page and how many people would've had that link favourited.  

Province is posting a weekly report now a few links deep on the provincial site at the link below. With the delay in data publishing, what's on there now is data through ten days ago and looks like next update will be Thursday: https://www.gov.mb.ca/health/publichealth/surveillance/covid-19/index.html

Because of that big delay, I almost prefer to monitor Ontario's daily data to at least get a rough sense for trends with the asterisk that we aren't necessarily right in sync with them... and the double asterisk being that their recent shift doesn't exactly sound ideal either