Four more people have died due to COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador, according to the Ministry of Health’s weekly update on Wednesday.
Two of the deaths were in the Eastern Health Region, one was in the Central Health Region and one was in the Labrador-Grenfell Health Region. One person was in their 40s, one in their 60s, one in their 70s, and one in their 80s or older.
According to the department, 16 people are in hospital, down from 17 last week, with two of them in critical care – down from one – due to the illness.
Six people are in hospital in the Eastern Health Region, seven are in hospital in the Central Health Region and three are in hospital in the Western Health Region. No one is in hospital due to COVID-19 in the Labrador-Grenfell Health Region.
The province reported 295 new confirmed cases, although the official case count does not represent the true spread of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador because PCR tests have limited eligibility requirements and the daily case count only includes positive results detected through testing performed by health authorities, not positive cases found by residents performing their own rapid tests.
Wednesday’s update comes two days after children ages six months to five years became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccination in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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