12 more COVID-related deaths reported in Manitoba, hospitalizations up 3
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There are 12 more COVID-19-related deaths and three more people with the coronavirus in hospital in Manitoba on Wednesday, the province said in a news release.
There are now 680 people in hospital with the virus, including 43 people in intensive care, up three from the day before.
The latest deaths bring the total for the pandemic to 1,613.
The majority of the deaths reported on Wednesday are in the Winnipeg health region: two woman in their 70s, two men in their 70s, two men in their 80s, a man in his 60s linked to the outbreak at Grace Hospital Unit 3 South, a man in his 60s, a man in his 80s linked to the outbreak at Golden Door Geriatric Centre, a man in his 80s linked to the outbreak at Meadowood Manor personal care home and a woman in her 90s linked to the outbreak at Holy Family Home.
The death of a woman in her 80s from the Southern Health region was also reported.
The province reported 472 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, although health officials have repeatedly said those numbers are a significant undercount of the total number of active cases. Manitoba is strictly restricting access to PCR tests at provincial sites and does not track rapid test results.
Of the reported new cases, 177 are in the Winnipeg health region, 94 are in the Northern Health Region, 75 are in the Prairie Mountain Health region, 70 are in the Interlake-Eastern health region and 56 are in the Southern Health region.
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Health officials in Manitoba are giving an update on the coronavirus as well as vaccines on Wednesday, after a week of declining numbers of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Dr. Jazz Atwal, deputy chief provincial public health officer, will be joined by Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead of Manitoba's COVID-19 vaccine implementation task force, for a 12:30 p.m. news conference.
CBC Manitoba is live streaming the news conference here and on Facebook and CBC Gem.
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