Manitoba has Canada’s highest COVID hospitalization rate. Here are 5 possible explanations – CBC

Slow response, more vunerable people and more robust screening may all factor in

Jan 21, 2022

Widespread Omicron transmission has created a massive burden on Canadian health care. Many hospitals are caring for the large COVID-19 patient loads since the start of the pandemic.

While almost every jurisdiction in the country is struggling to care for COVID patients, Manitoba is getting slammed the hardest.

This province’s COVID-19 hospitalization rate — on Thursday, 48 patients for every 100,000 Manitobans— is the highest among the provinces and territories.

It’s also more than double the national hospitalization rate and nearly triple the rate next door in Saskatchewan.

There is no simple explanation for this phenomenon. It was also evident last spring, at the height of the pandemic’s third wave, when Manitoba was forced to transfer 57 COVID patients to intensive care wards in other provinces.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-hospitalizations-analysis-1.6321890