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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-monday-jan-10-1.6309727
19 deaths, 81 more COVID-19 hospitalizations in Manitoba over weekend
Testing backlog has been cleared, provincial government announces
CBC News · Posted: Jan 10, 2022 12:34 PM CT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
The number of Manitobans in hospital increased by 81 over the weekend and 19 more people have died due to COVID-19 over the last three days.
There are now 378 people in hospital due to COVID-19, a 27 per cent increase over the 297 total hospitalizations reported on Friday.
The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations has now reached its highest level since around the peak of the second wave of the pandemic in late December 2020.
The deaths reported on Monday include five on Saturday, seven on Sunday and seven on Monday.
Of those, 10 were in the Winnipeg Health region, six were in the Southern Health region, two were in the Interlake-Eastern Health region, and one was in Prairie Mountain region.
They include two men in their 20s, one woman in her 30s, two women in their 40s, three men and three women in their 50s, two men in their 60s, two women in their 70s, three women in their 80s, and one woman in her 90s.
Intensive care units took in four more COVID-19 patients, bringing the total to 39. A total of 93 patients are currently in intensive care, a slight decrease from 96 on Friday.
Manitoba's pre-pandemic baseline ICU capacity was 72.
The province reported 2,383 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, and announced the backlog of tests had been cleared...
...Manitoba's test positivity rate remained at 49 per cent...