Yesterday, May 18, 14 people were reported in hospital, including 2 in critical care.
One more person has died in Newfoundland & 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 80’s or older in the Western Health region – raises the total numbers of fatalities due to the virus to 177.
Fourteen people are in hospital, including two in critical care, according to the government update on Wednesday. Eight of the hospitalizations are in the Eastern Health region, five 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 presentation of the virus spread, since the Department of Health has restricted testing and is no longer releasing data on how many people are getting tested.