Manitoba has another jump in COVID-19 cases with 162 Wednesday; two new deaths
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Manitoba saw another spike in COVID-19 cases Wednesday as the province recorded 162 new cases.
Manitoba saw another spike in COVID-19 cases Wednesday as the province recorded 162 new cases.
This brings the total to 66,009 since March 2020, and there are currently 1,452 active cases.
The majority of the new cases are among unvaccinated Manitobans with 94, followed by 63 fully vaccinated individuals and five partially vaccinated people.
The Southern Health Region had the highest number of new cases with 57, followed by Winnipeg with 46. The Prairie Mountain Health Region had 27 cases, and the Northern and Interlake-Eastern Health Regions had 16 cases each.
Manitoba's five-day test positivity rate dropped slightly to 5.7 per cent.
The province also added two new deaths, bringing the total to 1,276.
In hospitals, 152 Manitobans are requiring care for COVID-19, 111 of those cases are still infectious. In ICU, there are 30 patients, 24 of which have active COVID.
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