COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador as the province moves into what one expert is calling a high-risk season for the province.
As many as one in 100 people in Newfoundland and Labrador are currently infected, by her calculations.
A return to school and in-person work, plus colder weather forcing people indoors, has significantly increased the chances of transmission, she said, urging people over 40 – who are among those least likely to have contracted COVID-19 so far, and who appear to be the group more likely to fall ill now – to get a fourth dose of vaccine as soon as possible.
The latest death, announced in the Health department’s weekly update, was a person in their 70’s in the Eastern Health region. Follows two last week. The province’s total number of deaths since the pandemic hit in March 2020 is now 237. There are two people in hospital – the fewest since Jan. 4 – with no on in critical care.