COVID-19

May 10
1 min

17 people in hospital due to COVID-19

In the latest COVID-19 update, there are 17 people in hospital. Of those, three are in critical care. There has been one more death due...

May 5
1 min

WHO says COVID-19 no longer a public health emergency

The World Health Organization says that COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency of international concern. Committee members...

Mar 29
1 min

COVID-19 numbers low in bi-weekly update

New COVID-19 numbers released this afternoon show low new reported cases. Most days over the past two weeks there have been single-digit...

Mar 1
1 min

Four COVID-19 deaths in the last two weeks

Reported COVID-19 cases continue to be in the single digits in the latest update and Eastern Health has modified its approach to...

Mar 1
1 min

Eastern Health changes some COVID-19 vaccine locations

As of today, Eastern Health has modified its approach to providing COVID-19 vaccines and boosters at various locations. Some clinics will...

Feb 15
1 min

21 people in hospital due to COVID-19

Over the past two weeks, daily reported COVID-19 cases have ranged from about 5 to 15 cases per day. There are 21 people currently in...

Feb 5
1 min

Changes coming to COVID-19 boosters on Monday

On Monday the Provincial Government will be expanding the province’s bivalent vaccine offerings. Pfizer Comirnaty BA 4/5 COVID-19 vaccine...

Feb 1
1 min

Seven COVID-19 deaths in the last two weeks

Over the last two weeks, reported COVID-19 cases have largely remained below 20 new cases per day. There are 14 people currently in...

Jan 4
1 min

35 new hospitalizations due to COVID-19

Today was the first time in two weeks there has been an update on the COVID-19 situation in Newfoundland and Labrador. The province has...

Jan 4
1 min

New COVID-19 subvariant detected in Canada

A new COVID-19 subvariant has been detected in Canada. The new variant, XBB1.5, has been confirmed in British Columbia. As of October 17,...

Dec 21, 2022
1 min

Six more COVID-19 deaths in the last week

Since the last COVID-19 update a week ago there have been 97 reported cases of the virus. There are currently 19 people in hospital, of...

Dec 14, 2022
1 min

Six more COVID-19 deaths

Since the last COVID-19 update there are 142 new reported cases of COVID-19. There are 11 people in the hospital, of those, four are in...

Dec 7, 2022
1 min

One more death due to COVID-19

Since the last COVID-19 update a week ago there have been 173 reported new cases. There are currently 15 people in the hospital, of those...

Nov 30, 2022
1 min

Five more COVID-19 deaths

Since the last COVID-19 update there have been 158 new reported cases. There are 19 people in hospital, of those six are in critical...

Nov 23, 2022
1 min

Hospitalizations up in latest COVID-19 update

The number of people in hospital due to COVID-19 is up since the last update a week ago. There are 17 people in hospital due to the...

Nov 16, 2022
1 min

Three more COVID-19 deaths

Since the last COVID-19 update there have been 169 new reported cases. There are 13 people currently in hospital. Of those people, three...

Nov 15, 2022
1 min

Households to receive COVID-19 antigen tests

Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald provided an update this afternoon to discuss a new rapid antigen test initiative....

Nov 9, 2022
1 min

Nine COVID-19 related fatalities this week

Since the last COVID-19 update a week ago there have been 181 new reported cases. A daily breakdown of cases can be found below. There...

Nov 2, 2022
1 min

Nine people in hospital in COVID-19 update

Since the last COVID-19 update a week ago there have been 205 new reported cases. There are currently nine people in hospital, of those,...

Oct 26, 2022
1 min

Nine people in hospital due to COVID-19

Since the last COVID-19 update a week ago there have been 247 new reported cases. There are nine people in hospital. There are currently...