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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-monday-jan-17-1.6317706
20 deaths, 84 more COVID-19 hospitalizations in Manitoba over weekend
ICU patients reach 107, highest since third wave
CBC News · Posted: Jan 17, 2022 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: 42 minutes ago
The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units increased by two to 47, the same as when the numbers were last updated on Friday. The total number of patients in ICUs reached 107, the highest since the third wave.
There are currently 601 COVID-19 patients in hospitals in Manitoba.
Manitoba's five-day test-positivity rate dropped to 34.5 per cent from 42.6 per cent on Friday.
Two of the latest deaths — a man in his 50s and a woman in her 40s from the Winnipeg Health region — were reported on Saturday.
Another 12 deaths were reported on Sunday. Three of those deaths — a man in his 100s, a man in his 90s and a man in his 70s — were in the Prairie Mountain Health region.
The rest of the deaths on Saturday were in the Winnipeg region, including a man in his 50s, a man and a woman in their 60s, a man in his 80s, four women and a man in their 90s.
Three of the women in their 90s were connected with outbreaks at facilities including at West Park Manor and Actionmarguerite St. Vital in Winnipeg, and Prairie View Lodge in Crystal City.
There were six deaths reported on Monday. Five of those were in Winnipeg, including a man and a woman in their 90s, a man in his 80s connected with an outbreak at the Actionmargeurite St. Coniface personal care home, a woman in her 70s connected with an outbreak at the Oakview Place care home, and a man in his 70s.
The other death reported Monday, a woman in her 60s, was in the Southern Health region.
This brings Manitoba's COVID-19 death toll to 1,463.
Another 717 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed by lab tests on Monday, although health officials have said the true number of infections in the province is likely much higher, because many cases go unreported due to limited testing capacity...