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14 people are in hospital, including 2 in critical care
May 18, 2022
One more person has died in Newfoundland and Labrador of COVID-19 since Friday, as the province introduces new regulations to prevent serious illness in older and immunocompromised people.
The new death — a person in their 80s or older in the Western Health region — raises the total number of fatalities due to the virus to 177.
Fourteen people are in hospital, including two in critical care, according to a government update on Wednesday. Eight of the hospitalizations are in the Eastern Health region, five are in Western Health and one is in Labrador-Grenfell.
The province is also reporting 264 new cases of COVID-19 in the last five days, but that number is not necessarily a true representation of the virus’s spread, since the Department of Health has restricted testing and is no longer releasing data on how many people are getting tested.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/covid-nl-may-18-1.6457641