N.L. marks deadliest month of the pandemic for 2nd straight month, reporting 2 more COVID-19 deaths – CBC

Some public health restrictions loosened Monday

Feb 21, 2022

Two more people have died due to COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador since the Department of Health’s last update on Friday, marking February as the province’s deadliest month since the pandemic began.

Both deaths were reported in the Central Health region, a man over the age of 90 and a woman in her 70s. The deaths are the 22nd and 23rd of the month of February — passing the previous record of 21 COVID-19 deaths in one month set in January.

The number of hospitalizations has also increased since Friday, with 16 people in hospital as a result of the virus. Five people are in critical care.

The province is reporting 667 cases of COVID-19 since Friday, as the province is no longer updating case counts on the weekends. There were 306 new cases on Saturday, 124 new cases on Sunday and 237 new cases on Monday — a three-day average of 222 cases per day.

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