Manitoba Public Health also specifies that four more patients in intensive care should in principle be transferred to Ontario during the day
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A total of seven Manitobans infected with COVID-19 have been moved to Ontario hospitals. Four were in Thunder Bay, one in Sault-Sainte-Marie, one in Ottawa and one in North Bay.
With the third wave of COVID-19, the province faces its worst health situation since the virus arrived in Manitoba. This week, the province saw a record number of new daily cases as well as a record number of intensive care patients. As of Saturday, Manitoba has 298 hospitalizations related to COVID-19, including 74 intensive care patients.
Common Care Manitoba chief nurse Lanette Siragusa detailed on Friday several steps taken to increase intensive care capacity in Manitoba hospitals, including the cancellation of nearly all non-essential surgeries.
On the other hand, the hospital population in Manitoba is younger during the third wave.
As of Saturday, 119 patients were in intensive care in Manitoba across all illnesses, including 74 recovering or recovering from COVID-19 infection. Ten of these 74 patients with the virus are under 40 years old.
As of Friday, Manitoba remains the place in North America with the highest rate of infection with 34 infections per 100,000 inhabitants, ahead of Alberta which has 21, while Colorado and Michigan each register 15. infections per 100,000 inhabitants.
