Manitoba, Canada: 2021/2022 Covid cases

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Source: https://winnipegsun.com/news/news-news/manitoba-reports-uptick-in-covid-19-activity

Manitoba reports uptick in COVID-19 activity
Author of the article:
Winnipeg Sun
Publishing date:
Jul 28, 2022 • 40 minutes ago • 1 minute read •

After reporting a downturn in COVID-19 activity last week, Manitoba has seen increased cases for the week ending July 23.

There were 242 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases reported across the province during the week of July 17-23. That is an increase from the 171 reported in the previous week.

Testing decreased slightly to an average of 269 people per day compared to 276 the previous week. The province reported a 17.1% positivity rate, an increase from 13.9% the previous week. Since March 2020, more than 1.5 million tests have been done in Manitoba with an overall test positivity rate of 10%.

Hospitalizations also increased with 45 admissions including eight into intensive care. Three people died as a result of COVID-19. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,061 Manitobans have died as a result of the virus.

Wastewater surveillance data collected by the Public Health Agency in Canada shows ongoing COVID-19 activity with a generalized decrease at all three water treatment plants in Winnipeg...

 

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9036948/covid-19-hospitalizations-manitoba-update-aug-4-2022/

COVID-19 hospitalizations on the rise again in Manitoba, province says in report
By Sam Thompson Global News
Posted August 4, 2022 12:37 pm

Another person has died and severe outcomes from COVID-19 are on the rise once again in Manitoba, according to the province’s weekly report.

For the week ending July 30, a total of 53 Manitobans were hospitalized with the virus — up from 45 the week before — including seven who required intensive care. There was one death.

The province also reported three outbreaks in long-term care homes.

Wastewater data for the city of Winnipeg is also showing an increase in viral activity compared to late June...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-weekly-report-aug-7-13-1.6555021

Manitoba COVID-19 death count jumps 14, hospitalizations and cases continue to climb
Wastewater surveillance shows decrease in virus activity since late July
CBC News · Posted: Aug 18, 2022 11:35 AM CT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

The numbers of Manitobans with COVID-19 who have died or were admitted to hospital continues to climb, the latest report from Manitoba Public Health says.

Another 14 deaths were added to the province's total, bringing the number to 2,093 since the start of the pandemic. That's a bigger increase than the week before, when the province reported 12 more deaths.

The latest report is for the week ending Aug. 13.

During that week, 79 people were admitted to hospital with COVID-19, up from 57 the week before.

Of those, 19 were admitted to intensive care units, including one child under age 10. That's an increase from 12 ICU admissions the previous week.

Manitobans continued to die at a faster rate compared to the same time period last year. A total of 569 people have died in 2022 as of the week ending Aug. 13, Manitoba Health reports, which works out to a rate of 2.5 deaths per day.

During the same 224-day period last year, there were 488 deaths, a rate of 2.2 deaths per day...

 

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Source: https://winnipegsun.com/news/provincial/manitobas-covid-19-stats-stable-public-health

Manitoba’s COVID-19 stats stable: public health
Author of the article:
Winnipeg Sun
Publishing date:
Aug 25, 2022 • 19 hours ago

Manitoba’s COVID-19 stats were relatively flat the most recent numbers posted online by Manitoba Health on Thursday show.
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For the week ending Aug. 20, public health reported 473 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Manitoba, an increase from 455 the previous week, for about a 4% rise. To date, there have been 147,806 confirmed cases in the province.

The volume of lab tests decreased to an average of 324 per day compared to 326 in the previous week and the positivity rate of lab tests was 23.9%, an increase from 23.8% in the previous week. A total of 1,532,401 lab tests have been done on 737,260 people with an overall test positivity rate of 10.1% since testing began.

Severe outcomes associated with COVID-19 infection decreased compared to the previous week. There were 60 hospital admissions (72 the previous week) including eight ICU admissions (19) and nine deaths (two). There have been a total of 2,105 COVID-19 deaths in the province since the beginning of the pandemic and 11,794 people have been hospitalized due to the virus with 1,697 admitted to ICU.

As of Aug., 20, of all Manitoba residents aged five and older, 83.1% have been fully vaccinated. In residents aged 18 and older, 55.7% have received at least one additional dose...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-epidemiological-report-1.6569530

Severe COVID-19 outcomes increase in latest Manitoba report
67 people admitted to hospital with illness, 9 to ICUs during week ending Aug. 27
CBC News · Posted: Sep 01, 2022 11:02 AM CT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

Manitoba reported more severe outcomes from COVID-19 in its latest update, after a drop in hospitalizations and deaths the week before.

The province's latest report, which was released Thursday and covers the week of Aug. 21 to 27, says 10 more deaths have been added to Manitoba's pandemic total, bringing that number to 2,115.

That's a slightly smaller increase than the 12 deaths recorded in last week's update.

During the latest reporting period, 67 people were admitted to hospital with COVID-19, up from 60 the week before.

Of those, nine were admitted to intensive care units, up slightly from eight the previous week.

As of Aug. 16, wastewater surveillance data for Winnipeg indicated ongoing activity of COVID-19, with activity decreasing from higher levels seen in late July, the province's report said...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-epidemiological-report-1.6576028

Severe COVID-19 outcomes increase, more virus detected in Winnipeg wastewater, latest Manitoba report says
70 people with illness admitted to hospital, 16 to ICUs during week ending Sept. 3
CBC News · Posted: Sep 08, 2022 11:46 AM CT | Last Updated: September 8

Manitoba reported more severe outcomes from COVID-19 in its latest update, and more of the virus detected in Winnipeg wastewater as of late August.

The province's latest report, which was released Thursday and covers the week of Aug. 28 to Sept. 3, says three more deaths have been added to Manitoba's pandemic total, bringing that number to 2,118.

That's a smaller increase than the 10 deaths recorded in last week's update.

During the latest reporting period, 70 people were admitted to hospital with COVID-19, up from 67 the week before.

Of those, 16 were admitted to intensive care units, up from nine the previous week...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/mantioba-covid-19-epidemiological-report-1.6583965

Manitoba
19 more deaths added to COVID-19 pandemic total in Manitoba
65 people with illness admitted to hospital, 10 to ICUs during week ending Sept. 10
CBC News · Posted: Sep 15, 2022 11:24 AM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Manitoba has added 19 more COVID-19 deaths to its pandemic total in the latest provincial update, the highest jump in more than three months.

That's the biggest increase in more than three months — the total rose by 24 deaths the week of May 29 to June 4.

The province's latest report, which was released Thursday and covers the week of Sept. 4 to Sept. 10, says the total number of people who have died of COVID-19 during the pandemic is now 2,137, up from 2,118 the previous week.

There was an increase of three deaths in last week's update.

CBC News has requested comment from Manitoba Public Health about the reason for the jump, but didn't immediately receive a response.

During the latest reporting period, 65 people were admitted to hospital with COVID-19, down from 70 the week before.

Of those, 10 were admitted to intensive care units, down from 16 the previous week...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-epidemiological-report-1.6591459

More people with COVID-19 hospitalized, ICU number up, Manitoba reports
87 people with illness admitted to hospital, 11 to ICUs during week ending Sept. 17
CBC News · Posted: Sep 22, 2022 10:42 AM CT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

Manitoba reported more severe outcomes from COVID-19 in its latest update, and added six more deaths to its pandemic total.

The province's latest report, which was released Thursday and covers the week of Sept. 11 to Sept. 17, says the total number of people who have died of COVID-19 during the pandemic is now 2,143, up from 2,137 the previous week.

During that period, 87 people were admitted to hospital with COVID-19, up from 65 the week before.

There were 11 admitted to intensive care units, up slightly from 10 the previous week.

As of Sept. 17, wastewater surveillance data for Winnipeg indicated ongoing activity of COVID-19, with activity increasing in the last week of August, the report says.

The number of lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Manitoba is up from the previous week, with 377 for the week ending Sept. 17, compared to 342 the week before...

 

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Source: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/covid-cases-hospital-admissions-down-in-last-week-1.6089874


COVID cases, hospital admissions down in last week
Devon McKendrick
CTVNewsWinnipeg.ca Digital Editorial Producer
Published Sept. 29, 2022 3:20 p.m. EDT

COVID-19 cases in Manitoba saw a drop compared to the previous week according to the latest data from the province.

For the week of Sept. 18 to 24, the province said there were 283 lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba, which was down from the 377 the week prior.

Despite that, the test positivity rate was up slightly from 22 per cent to 22.2 per cent...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-numbers-update-oct-6-1.6608238

COVID-19 hospitalizations, ICU admissions climb in Manitoba
Weekly test positivity rate has also increased from 22.2% to 23.4
CBC News · Posted: Oct 06, 2022 10:54 AM CT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Manitoba saw an increase week-over-week in COVID-19 cases, including those with severe outcomes leading to intensive care admissions.

There were 13 people admitted to intensive care units in Manitoba due to severe outcomes from COVID-19 from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1, according to the province's latest weekly surveillance report, released Thursday.

That's an increase over the previous week, which saw 11 ICU admissions.

As well, 77 people were admitted to hospital with COVID-19 symptoms according to the latest data, which is an increase from the 73 the previous week.

The number of COVID-related deaths increased by 17 for the second consecutive week, raising the total number of people who have died from the virus during the pandemic to 2,177...

 

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9193037/manitoba-vigilant-covid-19-above-average-hazard-index/

Manitobans should stay vigilant about COVID-19, as above-average ‘hazard index’ shows
By Sam Thompson Global News
Posted October 12, 2022 1:25 pm

New COVID-19 statistics show Manitobans should remain vigilant about the virus.

The province’s latest ranking on the hazard index — which combines current infections, hospital strain and mortality — is at a seven, while Canada as a whole is sitting at a six.

Those numbers are from COVID-19 Resources Canada, a database that collects information about the virus and the health-care responses from across the country.

Winnipeg epidemiologist Cynthia Carr says the numbers may have gone down since school returned, but Manitobans aren’t out of the woods yet when it comes to COVID-19.

“We just had Thanksgiving weekend, so lots of people travelling, getting together,” Carr told 680 CJOB’s Connecting Winnipeg.

“We’ll have to look at the impact of that, (as well as) moving into the next holiday season where people tend to get together.”...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/mani...pitalizations-cases-deaths-manitoba-1.6615158

Number of COVID-19 deaths in Manitoba decreases, test positivity up
Test positivity rate up to 24.1% in 4th consecutive week of increases
CBC News · Posted: Oct 13, 2022 11:17 AM CT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Hospitalizations and deaths related to COVID-19 in Manitoba declined during the past week, despite an increase in overall cases.

There were 13 virus-related deaths from Oct. 2-8, says the province's latest weekly surveillance report, released Thursday. The previous two weeks both had 17.

The total number of people who have died from the virus during the pandemic is now 2,190.

Hospitalizations related to COVID-19 also decreased to 73 from 77 the previous week.

There were 14 people admitted to intensive care units due to severe outcomes. That's an increase of one over the previous week...

 

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Source: https://o.canada.com/news/provincial/covid-19-activity-increasing-shows-manitobas-weekly-update

COVID-19 activity increasing, shows Manitoba's weekly update
Author of the article: Winnipeg Sun
Publishing date:
Oct 20, 2022 • 14 minutes ago • 1 minute read •

For the third straight week COVID-19 activity worsened in Manitoba, public health reported on Thursday.
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For the week ending Oct. 15, there were 402 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in Manitoba, an increase from 341 in the previous week. To date, Manitoba has reported a total of 150,957 infections.

Daily COVID-19 lab tests averaged 304, an increase from 284 in the previous week with a positivity rate of 29.6%, a jump from 24.1% in the previous week. Since Manitoba began testing, 1,549,801 specimens have been sent to labs.

Hospitalizations associated with COVID-19 rose compared to the previous week. There were 103 hospital admissions associated with COVID-19 (including 14 ICU admissions), an increase of almost 50% from 73 admissions (including 14 ICU admissions) in the previous week. Six deaths were associated with COVID-19, the same as the previous week. To date, Manitoba has recorded 12,845 hospital admissions, 1,807 ICU admissions and 2,199 deaths related to the coronavirus..

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-numbers-oct-27-1.6633217

12 more COVID-related deaths in latest Manitoba Health report
16 people admitted to ICU
CBC News · Posted: Oct 28, 2022 2:03 PM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in Manitoba decreased slightly in the latest Manitoba Health surveillance report, but remain much higher than in early October.

From Oct. 16 to 22, 100 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, down from 103 the previous week, the province's latest weekly surveillance report said Thursday.

There were 73 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the first week of October.

There were 16 more people admitted to intensive care units, which is a slight increase from the previous week, which saw 14 ICU admissions.

There were a total of 90 adults in Manitoba intensive care units on Wednesday night, including patients who did not have COVID-19, Shared Health said...

 

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9249571/manitoba-rise-covid-19-hospitalizations-deaths/

Manitoba reports rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths
By Shane Gibson Global News
Posted November 3, 2022 1:40 pm

Manitoba saw an increase in both COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths linked to the virus last week, health officials say.

The province’s latest epidemiology update shows 116 people were admitted to hospital between Oct. 23 and 29, up from 100 the week before.

Of the latest hospitalizations, seven required the intensive care unit, according to the report. The previous week saw 16 ICU admissions due to the virus.

It’s not known how many people are currently in hospital and ICU as a result of COVID-19, because the province no longer reports those numbers...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-update-manitoba-november-10-1.6647408

Hospitalizations stay over 100 in latest weekly Manitoba COVID-19 surveillance report
24 more COVID-related deaths reported
CBC News · Posted: Nov 10, 2022 12:05 PM CT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in Manitoba decreased slightly in the latest Manitoba Health surveillance report, but ICU admissions are up slightly from the previous week.

From Oct. 30 to Nov. 5, 110 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, down from 116 the previous week, says the province's latest weekly surveillance report, released Thursday.

Eight more people were admitted to intensive care units, up from seven ICU admissions the previous week.

The number of COVID-related deaths in Manitoba since the beginning of the pandemic in now 2,256, up 24 from the previous week's report.

There were 341 lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba during the most recent reporting week, but that number is likely a significant undercount of the true number of infections, due to limited access to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests. That's the only type of test result recorded by Manitoba Public Health...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-covid-19-update-november-10-2022-1.6647504

Nova Scotia reports 15 more deaths from COVID-19
Newly reported deaths occurred earlier in the pandemic, according to Nova Scotia Health
Anjuli Patil · CBC News · Posted: Nov 10, 2022 4:49 PM AT | Last Updated: 36 minutes ago

Nova Scotia reported 15 new COVID-19 deaths Thursday, but the province says the deaths did not happen within the latest reporting week, which ran from Nov. 1 to Nov. 7.

The 15 deaths were listed in a new category on Nova Scotia's COVID-19 dashboard titled "New Deaths from Previous Reporting Period."

The new category was launched on the dashboard on Nov. 3. A spokesperson for the province said deaths reported in this category could be from any time in the past.

"Confirming cause of death for people takes time as there are a number of different circumstances to analyze. Therefore, deaths are subject to a lag in reporting. This has been the case throughout the pandemic," Khalehla Perrault told CBC News in an email.

The province noted no new COVID-19 deaths for the current reporting period. This marks the second consecutive week of no reported deaths. Since March 2020, the province has reported 617 deaths.

The province reported 671 new cases confirmed by PCR tests for that same time period — a daily average of 96. This is down from last week, when there were 792 PCR-confirmed cases.

Nova Scotia Health reported 264 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Thursday. That is down from 303 the previous week...

 

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Source: https://winnipegsun.com/news/provin...-increase-in-covid-numbers-spike-in-flu-cases

Manitoba reports small increase in COVID numbers, spike in flu cases
Author of the article:
Glen Dawkins
Publishing date:
Nov 25, 2022 • 2 hours ago • 2 minute read

Manitoba public health saw a slight increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases while almost three times as many influenza cases were reported in its weekly update Friday.
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There were 314 laboratory-confirmed COVID cases reported in Manitoba for the week ending Nov. 19, an increase from 273 in the previous week. However, COVID associated hospital admissions decreased from the previous week, dropping from 111 to 82 (including 12 ICU admissions). There were five deaths...

 

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COVID-19 was deadlier in 2022 than in previous years in Manitoba

Radio Canada
Posted on December 31, 2022

While many Manitobans consider the COVID-19 pandemic a thing of the past, 2022 is the year with the most deaths from the disease in the province.

After more than two years of the pandemic, the majority of health measures are no longer in effect in Manitoba. However, more people have died from COVID-19 this year than in 2020 or 2021.

In fact, as of December 19, 2022, 958 people have died from the disease, according to Manitoba Public Health. For the year 2020, this number is 667 and for 2021, it is 725.

So 2022 was the deadliest year, even though some Manitobans believe the pandemic is over , according to Health Sciences Center internist Jillian Horton.

If you showed these statistics to the average Manitoban, they would be surprised. , she argues. Dr. Horton says the majority of people no longer view the pandemic as an important issue, but the reality is different for patients at our hospital.

More Worrying Variants

Because of the Omicron variant and its subvariants, more people have come into contact with COVID-19 in 2022, notes University of Manitoba medical microbiologist Jason Kindrachuk.

“ Even less deadly viruses can have a big impact if they spread far enough in a population ”
— A quote from Jason Kindrachuk, medical microbiologist at the University of Manitoba

Dr Kindrachuk adds that the emergence of new coronavirus variants is virtually inevitable. According to him, the latter could be more transmissible, deadly or resistant to vaccines.

The microbiologist does not believe that Canada is ready for a next pandemic, even after that of COVID-19. Infrastructure and knowledge take time to put in place [...] We will have to learn from our experiences very quickly.

With information from Bartley Kives

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1945450/mort-coronavirus-maladie-variant-omicron

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/mani...eaths-surveillance-report-january20-1.6720677

Flu and COVID-19 infections continue to fall in Manitoba
Numbers have been on downward trend in January
CBC News · Posted: Jan 20, 2023 12:52 PM EST | Last Updated: 5 hours ago


...A total of two people were admitted to hospital for flu symptoms, says the most recent respiratory virus surveillance report, which covers the week of Jan. 8-14. That's down from 12 the previous week.

There was also one flu-related death reported in that same time span, compared with four the week before.

As well, there were 18 new reported cases, compared with 52 in the Jan. 1–7 report.

The current weekly test positivity for Influenza A, which is the prime strain detected this season, is 1.9 per cent, whereas it was 2.8 per cent a week earlier.

The national rate is six per cent.

COVID and flu-related deaths, hospitalizations drop in Manitoba during 1st week of January

Similarly, hospital admissions due to COVID dropped by 10. There were 38 reported the previous week and 28 in the most recent one.

Nine COVID-related deaths were reported in the latest report, compared with 25 in the prior one.

Despite the improvements, the weekly test positivity rate for COVID-19 increased slightly between the two reporting periods, going from 10.3 per cent to 12.3.

There were 122 new cases (down from 125 in the Jan. 1–7 report). Those numbers, though, are considered to be a significant undercount due to limited testing offered by public health. The province does not track results from home tests.

Older adults continue to be at higher risk for COVID-19 infection, associated hospital admissions and fatalities, the report says...