In Manitoba’s weekly COVID-19 update, there were 402 new, confirmed cases of the virus recorded during the week of October 9-15.
That’s an increase from 341 cases in the previous week.
Regarding severe outcomes, there were 103 hospital admissions, including 14 ICU admissions, and 6 more deaths.
The hospital admissions were an increase from 73 the previous week, but ICU admissions and the number of deaths were the same.
The weekly test positivity rate was 29.6 percent, an increase from the previous week’s 24.1 percent.
Nine COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care facilities were reported.
The weekly report for Week 41 can be found here.