NL has reported that there have been 5 more deaths from COVID-19, according to the latest numbers from the provinces Health Department.
They raise the provincial death toll to 253 people since the beginning of the pandemic in March, 2020.
According to Wednesday afternoons weekly update, 4 were in the Eastern Health region and 1 in the Central Region. 1 person was in their 60’s, 1 in their 70’s and 3 were in their 80’s.
The number of people in the hospital because of the virus in the province has dropped by 1 since last week, down to 9, with 1 person in critical care.
Health Officials have also confirmed 224 new cases of the virus in the province, but because of strict limits on whose eligible for testing by Public Health, that number is not an accurate reflection of the presence or spread of COVID-19 in NL.