Province reports three COVID deaths Wednesday
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This article was published 26/01/2022 (1517 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The province reported three new deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday as well as a nine-patient decline in hospitalizations.
This update brings Manitoba’s COVID death count up to 1,524 people since the pandemic began, with 120 of those deaths belonging to the Prairie Mountain Health region.
There are now 720 people in hospital because of the virus and 49 patients in intensive care. The number of total ICU patients has remained unchanged since Monday.
An outbreak at the Brandon Regional Health Centre’s 400 medical unit was declared over.
However, the outbreak at the BRHC’s 300 surgical unit, announced last Friday, is ongoing.
The province also reported 637 new COVID cases on Wednesday, with at least 17.2 per cent of these cases (110) in PMH.
Public health officials have stated that the daily caseload is actually much higher given limited testing resources and the highly infectious nature of the omicron variant.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the five-day positivity rate in Manitoba is 32.4 per cent.
Wednesday’s COVID bulletin from the province also included an enforcement update for the previous week, which revealed that 37 tickets were issued throughout Jan. 17-23, including a $1,296 ticket for unspecified public health-related reasons, while 35 individuals each received a $298 ticket for failing to wear a mask in an indoor public place.
A business was also fined for repeat offences and could face up to $1 million in penalties.
Thirty-six of the 37 tickets were handed out in the Southern Health region, while the remaining fine was issued in Winnipeg.
In terms of the province’s vaccination status, 85.5 per cent of eligible Manitobans have received their first shot, while 79 per cent have received two doses and 39 per cent have received a booster.
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