One new case was reported in the Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry Portage/Sherridon district, along with two recoveries from the disease. The main locale of recent northern cases has been The Pas/OCN/Kelsey, where 50 people - including six new people in the last day - have active cases of COVID-19. The remote Island Lake district has the most active cases of COVID-19 of any northern district at 69, but numbers there are declining. Case numbers in remote districts like Island Lake can also be inflated and outdated, due to delays in cases in the districts being marked by provincial officials as active and recovered .
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An organization connecting regional health authorities says hospitals are continuing an unprecedented trend of critically high hospitalizations.
Shared Health says more than half a dozen people were admitted to ICU in one day. Seven COVID patients were admitted to ICU in a 24-hour period ending midday Monday, continuing an unprecedented trend that has seen admission numbers well above normal. These admissions are in addition to non-COVID patients who require intensive care, Shared Health says in a statement.
Three of those patients were sent to Ontario ICU units. On the same day, two Manitobans were returned to Manitoba to receive hospital care.
Shared Health says 36 Manitobans being treated for COVID-19 out of province - CHVNRadio: Southern Manitoba s hub for local and Christian news, and adult contemporary Christian programming chvnradio.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chvnradio.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.