COVID-19 deaths, cases and ICU admissions linked to the virus last week.The province’s latest epidemiology update, which covers July 17 to July 23, reports 242 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 infections and 45 new hospitalizations — eight of which required intensive care.
Manitoba expands COVID vaccine eligibility to include kids four and under In the previous week 171 new cases were announced.
There were also 52 hospitalizations reported last week, including two admitted to ICU.The number of people currently in hospital and ICU as a result of COVID-19 isn’t clear, because the province no longer reports those numbers.Officials say three Manitobans with COVID-19 died during the time covered in the latest report.There were two COVID-19-related deaths reported in the previous week’s epidemiology update.
Manitoba reports 2 COVID-19 deaths, drop in new hospitalizations While three deaths were reported in the latest update, Manitoba’s COVID-19 death toll since March 2020 rose five from last week to 2,061The province has told Global News the number of deaths can fluctuate week to week as previous cases are confirmed or removed from the list.With an average of 269 tests completed a day, Manitoba’s positivity rate of lab tests rose to 17.1 per cent from 13.9 per cent the previous week.Provincial case counts and test positivity rates don’t necessarily give an accurate picture of active infection rates, however, because the government has significantly scaled back testing and the data doesn’t include the results of tests done at home.