COVID-19 case counts, it’s about how sick people are going to get.Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief public health officer, says despite Manitoba’s relatively high COVID-19 vaccine uptake, modelling shows the province is currently still heading for a wave that may overwhelm intensive care units again by Christmas.We’re tracking on the severe scenario.
So we are seeing case numbers go up. We are seeing significant increases in hospitalization and ICU and certainly with some regions are contributing more to that than others,” he told media Monday afternoon.Roussin said the southern health region has the highest test positivity rate in the province, but he would not release an exact number.Despite that, Roussin didn’t answer directly if he.