Seven more COVID-19 deaths in Manitoba amid declining hospitalizations

Seven more Manitobans with COVID-19 have died, public health officials reported Friday, including a woman in her 40s from the Prairie Mountain region.

That brings the province’s current death toll to 1,675.

Hospitalization numbers, however, continue to improve — with a decrease of 11 Friday, bringing that total to 513.

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According to the province, ICU volumes also dropped by three, to 29 patients with COVID-19 in intensive care.

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