As of Saturday, there were 74 Manitobans in the ICU due to COVID-19 and seven more who had been transferred to Ontario hospitals. The next day, Atwal told reporters only 16 per cent of ICU patients admitted from May 1 to May 16 had received one dose of the vaccine. Of the COVID-19 ICU patients in Manitoba on Saturday, 10 were 40 years old or younger, a Manitoba Shared Health spokesperson said. ICU needs helpSeven ICU patients were transferred to hospitals in Ontario this week as Manitoba works to free up space in its strained hospitals. If a hospital's ICU is full with COVID-19 patients, it may have to pass Manitobans needing non-COVID care to another hospital, he said.

Source: CBC News May 23, 2021 14:03 UTC