Newfoundland and Labrador COVID-19 hospitalization rate hit a new high earlier this week, but the Minister of Health assures the numbers are not overwhelming the system.
On Monday, March 21, the province announced that there are 31 people in hospital because of the virus- the highest that numbers have been since the pandemic started. Of those cases, 3 of them are in ICU.
John Haggie, Minister of Health says numbers are currently bouncing around the mid 20’s and mid 30’s., which is not a cause for concern in terms of healthcare capacity.
Haggie explains that is “way less” than the numbers hospitalized with influenza during the peaks of that disease. He says the need is like other kinds of residuary disease.