Another 10 Manitobans with COVID-19 have died and health officials reported 383 new infections Thursday.
The latest cases bring the province’s total number of cases to 15,288 and 266 deaths from the virus have been reported since March.
Hospitalization rates continued to climb Thursday with 307 reported, up from the previous record-setting 300 reported Wednesday. Forty-six patients were reported to be in intensive care with COVID-19 Thursday.
At his daily media briefing Wednesday, Dr. Brent Roussin, the province’s chief public health officer, reported 349 new COVID-19 cases and nine additional deaths.
The latest deaths reported Thursday include:
a male in his 50s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region and linked to the outbreak at the Bethesda Regional Health Centre;
a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region:
a female in her 70s from the Interlake–Eastern health region;
a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Maples Long Term Care Home;
a female in her 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region and linked to the outbreak at Menno Home in Grunthal;
a male in his 90s from Southern Health–Santé Sud health region and linked to the outbreak at Menno Home in Grunthal;
a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at Maples Long Term Care Home;
a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Brightwater Senior Living of Tuxedo;
a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region; and
a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region.
