Two COVID-19 Fatalities Over The Weekend

The number of COVID-19 cases may be on the downswing for now, but the number of fatalities continues to rise.

Over the weekend there were two more deaths in the Eastern Health region. Both individuals were over the age of 70. One of which had COVID-19, but the individual’s hospitalization was not due to COVID-19 severity.

There were 11 new cases reported. Four on Saturday and seven on Sunday.

Right now there are 262 active cases of COVID-19. 258 in Eastern Health, 1 in Central Health, 1 in Labrador-Grenfell Health, and 2 in Western Health.

There have been 15 new recoveries in the Eastern Health region. There are 10 people in the hospital. Of these patients, six are in intensive care.

So far, 112,632 people have been tested.