Three new COVID-19 deaths added in Manitoba Thursday
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The COVID-19 death toll in Manitoba grew again on Thursday, as the province announced three new deaths, pushing it to 1,685.
The COVID-19 death toll in Manitoba grew again on Thursday, as the province announced three new deaths, pushing it to 1,685.
The deaths include two people from Winnipeg, a woman in her 30s and a woman in her 70s, while the third death was a woman in her 90s from the Prairie Mountain Health Region.
The province also provided more details on deaths from earlier in the week. On Wednesday, the two reported deaths included a woman in her 40s from the Prairie Mountain Health Region linked to an outbreak at Brandon Regional Health Centre, and a man in his 90s from Winnipeg connected to the outbreak at Tuxedo Villa personal care home.
Two deaths were from Sunday; a man in his 60s from the Northern Health Region and a woman in her 90s from Prairie Mountain Health linked to The Sherwood personal care home outbreak.
Four deaths happened Saturday; two men in the Southern Health Region, one in his 60s and one in his 80s, a woman in her 70s from Winnipeg and a man in his 90s from Prairie Mountain Health.
Looking at COVID-19 hospital numbers, there are 459 patients requiring care, including 29 people in the ICU.
Health officials said as of March 2 there were 139 hospitalizations, which is a 23.6 per cent decrease in patients from the previous week. There were 13 new ICU cases, which was an 18.2 per cent decrease from the previous week.