N & L has reported that one person died of COVID-19 and added hospitalizations have fallen since last week’s update.
The provincial’s latest numbers released Wednesday at noon, show 15 people in hospital, including 5 in critical care. Last week 19 people were in hospital with 6 in critical care.
The person who died was in the 80’s category from Eastern Health.
The province also reported 173 new cases of COVID-19 since last week’s update, but the numbers don’t reflect the true prevalence of the disease since it only records positive PCR tests done by provincial health authorities and does not include rapid tests done by the public on their own.
The province is approaching another milestone in the pandemic, with Thursday marking the 1,000th day since Newfoundland and Labrador registered its first presumptive positive case, on March 14, 2020.
In the days since then, 279 people have died from COVID-19 in the province.