Province reports 40 more COVID hospitalizations Tuesday
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This article was published 11/01/2022 (1536 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The province reported Tuesday that 40 additional COVID-19 patients have been admitted to hospitals, surpassing the record-high set in December of 2020.
The province’s COVID-19 dashboard listed 418 people in hospital, with 381 of those receiving treatment for active COVID infections, an increase of 40 since Monday. It also listed 42 people in intensive care units, an increase of three from Monday, with all but one being treated for active COVID infections.
The last time there were more than 400 people in hospital for COVID was Dec. 16, 2020, when there were 404.
A total of 96 patients, including those who do not have COVID-19, are currently in intensive care. Manitoba’s pre-pandemic baseline ICU capacity was 72 beds.
Owing to a correction to death statistics by the province, the number of fatalities from COVID went down by one to 1,426.
The province also reported 2,012 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday. There were 1,280 cases reported in Winnipeg, 259 in Northern Health, 171 in Southern Health, 168 in Prairie Mountain Health and 134 in the Interlake-Eastern.
The province has 33,617 active cases. Officials have stated in the past this case count is likely under-reported due to the rapid spread of the omicron variant, which has overwhelmed testing capacity and caused cases to go unreported.
The five-day test positivity rate dropped slightly to 48.1 per cent.
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