252 Manitobans in hospital for COVID
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This article was published 06/01/2022 (1537 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
More than 250 Manitobans are in hospital with COVID-19, as the province logs 1,790 new cases on Wednesday.
The province’s online COVID-19 information dashboard shows 252 Manitobans are in hospital with COVID-19, including 211 active cases.
There are 30 patients with COVID-19 in intensive care, including 29 active cases. Prairie Mountain Health accounts for 27 in hospital with 17 being treated for active COVID cases, as well as three in intensive care with two being treated for active COVID.
Manitoba is also reporting 78 per cent of the eligible population has received at least one dose. Specifically, out of 1,447,139 eligible people, 333,050 have received three doses, 706,291 have received two doses and 91,441 have had one dose. Twenty-two per cent, or 316,357 people, have yet to receive a vaccine.
Of the 1,790 new cases reported Wednesday, the province said 279 people were not fully vaccinated. That includes 80 new cases in PMH with 18 not fully vaccinated.
There were 1,320 new cases reported in Winnipeg (191 not fully vaccinated), 190 in Southern Health (31 not fully vaccinated), 116 in Interlake-Eastern (20 not fully vaccinated), and 84 in Northern Health (19 not fully vaccinated).
Dr. Jazz Atwal, deputy chief provincial public health officer, has said daily new cases are likely under-reported due to testing backlogs and longer wait times for test results.
With that said, the province is reporting a five-day test positivity rate of 40.3 per cent.
Two more deaths were reported on Wednesday: a woman in her 60s from Northern Health and a man in his 70s from Winnipeg.
Fatalities reported previously this week and over the weekend include five deaths reported on Saturday: a woman in her 80s from Winnipeg and four men all in their 70s, including two from Southern Health, one from Prairie Mountain Health, and one from Winnipeg.
The death of a Winnipeg man in his 60s was reported on Monday, and the deaths of a woman in her 80s from Southern Health and a woman in her 90s from Winnipeg were reported on Tuesday.
The death toll from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic now stands at 1,402.
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