Manitoba records 23 new deaths and record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations – Winnipeg

Manitoba health officials on Monday added 23 more names to the list of COVID-19 deaths, people between the ages of 50 and 90.

The province also updated the number of hospitalizations from the virus, hitting a record 716, 51 more than the number recorded on Friday.

The number of intensive care patients with the virus fell from 50 to 49.

The province has also declared a number of outbreaks across the province, including at Golden Door Geriatric Center and Meadowood Manor nursing homes in Winnipeg, Westman Nursing Home in Virden, as well as the Assiniboine Center at Brandon Regional Health Center and in the medical department of Bethesda Regional Health Center in Steinbach.