Manitoba goes three weeks without COVID-19 death
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This article was published 13/04/2023 (902 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
No new COVID-19 deaths have been logged in Manitoba for three consecutive weeks — the longest stretch of time without any deaths since the first wave of the pandemic.
The last time the province went three weeks without reporting any COVID deaths was July 2020, when Manitoba had some of the lowest case counts in the country and only seven Manitobans had died from the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
That was before the first wave peaked in the province, and hit long-term care homes hard later that fall.
COVID-19 has contributed to the deaths of 2,459 Manitobans. Even with limited lab-confirmed testing, the virus is still being detected in hospital patients, some of whom need critical care.
There were 121 cases reported, including 57 hospitalized patients with COVID and 10 in intensive care, during the week of March 26 to April 1. The previous week, there were 146 COVID cases, 59 hospitalizations, and 11 ICU admissions.
Hospitalizations had been increasing for a few weeks earlier this spring, but now appear to be on the decline.
