Staff Writers
Apr 17, 20201 min
Dr. Fitzgerald has announced 4 new cases of COVID-19. There are 256 cases in total.
All new cases are in the Eastern Health region.
176 people have recovered. 5,585 people have been tested.
7 people are in hospital, 3 are in ICU.
Breakdown by Region
Eastern Health 238
Central Health 8
Western Health 4
Labrador-Grenfell Health 6
Ball says that it would be irresponsible to reopen businesses at this point. He also said we need to be understanding and accepting. "You can't judge a book by its colour."
There will be no live briefings this weekend.
May 24th weekend will not be a typical NL Holiday Minister Haggie says.