Manitoba reports 2,154 cases of COVID-19, 8 deaths since Christmas Eve
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Manitoba is reporting 2,154 new cases of COVID-19 and eight deaths over the last three days, the province said in a news release Monday.
Of those, a new record-breaking high of 785 cases are from Saturday, 694 are from Sunday and 675 are from Monday.
The five-day test positivity rate is 19 per cent provincially, up from 12.6 per cent on Friday. In Winnipeg, that rate is now 21.2 per cent, the release said — an increase from 14.7 per cent on Friday.
Public health officials believe approximately 75 per cent of all COVID-19 cases in Manitoba are now suspected to be the Omicron variant, the release said.
A total of 158 Manitobans are currently in hospital with COVID-19, including 114 active cases.
Twenty-five Manitoba COVID-19 patients are in intensive care, 20 of which are active cases, as well as five people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, according to the province.
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