Hospitalizations tick downward as N.L. continues to ease public health restrictions – CBC

There are 2,506 known active cases

Mar 02, 2022

The number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in Newfoundland and has dropped by four since the last provincial pandemic update, on Monday.

Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald said Wednesday there are 15 people in hospital due to COVID-19.

The province also reported 755 new cases since Monday — 366 cases on Tuesday and 389 cases on Wednesday — along with 197 new recoveries, raising the known active caseload to 2,506. Since Monday, 2,040 tests have been completed, with a positivity rate of 37 per cent.

“While we are seeing a small upward trend in active cases, hospitalizations remain stable,” said Fitzgerald, who said the most recent forecast from the Public Health Agency of Canada projects an increase in cases as provinces reopen but with less impact on hospitalizations, because of the growing level of population immunity through both vaccinations and infection.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/covid-nl-march-2-2022-1.6369624