Manitoba aiming to open 2nd dose COVID-19 vaccination to everyone by next week The number of COVID-19 deaths in the province since the beginning of the pandemic is now 1,111.As of Wednesday morning, the net-new number of cases in Manitoba is 143, the majority (80 cases) of which are in the Winnipeg region.The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.7 per cent provincially and 9.2 per cent in Winnipeg..