Newfoundland and Labrador reports 4 more deaths, all seniors, due to COVID-19 in weekly update for a total of 24 this month, and 229 since the pandemic began.
According to the provinces weekly Wednesday update, 3 people who died were in their 80’s and 1 in in the 70’s.
1 was in the Eastern Health area and 1 in Central, and 2 in the Western region.
Hospitalizations are down this week from 14 on August 24 to 11 on Wednesday.
Two people are in critical care.
The province also reported that 265 cases of COVID-19 over the last week: 52 on Thursday, 53 on Friday, 36 on Saturday, 30 Sunday, 11 Monday, 43 on Tuesday, and 40 on Wednesday.
That data however, is not a true reflection on the spread of the virus in NL since the province restricts testing and only counts cases from tests administered by its health authorities.