By Matthew Dekker Jan 22, 2021 6:37 PM Public health officials advise two additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including: • a female in her 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to the outbreak at Heritage Life Personal Care Home; and • a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region and liked to the outbreak at Southeast Personal Care Home. The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.3 per cent provincially and 6.2 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 173 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases were removed due to a data correction making the net-new cases 171 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 28,260.