COVID-19 hospitalizations drop by 12 as Manitoba reports 5 deaths – CBC

Patients with the illness now make up just under 1 in 4 of total ICU patients in province: Shared Health

Mar 10, 2022

The number of people in hospital after getting COVID-19 dropped by 12 on Thursday, as Manitoba reported five new deaths linked to the illness on the province’s online coronavirus dashboard.

There are a total of 424 Manitoba COVID-19 patients in hospital. The number of them in intensive care is now 22, the dashboard says, a drop of one.

Patients with COVID-19 now make up just under one-quarter of the total number of patients in Manitoba’s intensive care units.

As of midnight, there were 93 patients in intensive care in the province, said an email from a spokesperson for Shared Health, which oversees health-care delivery in the province.

Before the pandemic, the critical care program’s baseline capacity was 72 patients, the spokesperson said.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-1.6380000