Manitoba public health reported 1190 new cases of COVID-19 for the week of April 10th to 16th bringing the total number of reported cases to 139,465. This is down from 1694 new cases reported the previous week. The largest number of new cases was in Winnipeg with 594 with the lowest number in the Northern health region with 67 down from 133 for the previous week. During the week there were 206 hospital admissions in the province 22 of which were ICU admissions.
Saskatchewan health reported 890 cases were confirmed April 10th to 16th lower than the number for the previous week at 1050. The Omicron BA-2 sub lineage accounted for 61.4 percent of the variety of concern cases higher than the previous week. Far North East reported eight new cases down one from the previous week and the lowest in the province. As of April 20th 417 people in the province were in hospital up 14 with 25 in intensive care the same as the previous week.
