The province is set to release its projections on how the COVID-19 pandemic could affect Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.
A growing number of provinces have already released modeling to determine how COVID-19 will affect the population.
Wednesday’s daily COVID-19 update provided by government officials is being pushed back to 6 p.m. as Newfoundland and Labrador is set to release its own modeling numbers.
Health Minister John Haggie calls it their “crystal ball exercise.”
“We are on the edge of a surge,” says Haggie, and their predictive analytics group will discuss tomorrow what the future may hold.
Civil servants and public health officials need those numbers to plan for the worst-case scenario while hoping for the best, according to the Health Minister.
VOCM News will carry the update live.
Two New Cases to Report Today, as NL Reaches 228 Cases of COVID-19
The province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health is offering her sincere thanks to health care workers on this World Health Day.
Dr. Janice Fitzgerald offered the latest update on COVID-19 this afternoon.
Two new cases have been identified since yesterday—one in the Eastern Health region and the other in Central Health.
That brings to 228 the total number of cases in the province. 217 in Eastern Health, four in Central Health, one in Western Health and six in the Labrador-Grenfell Health region.
Seven people are in hospital, two of whom are in intensive care. There have been two deaths linked to the illness and 49 people are considered recovered.
Recovery numbers by region:
49 in total.
– 44 in Eastern Health
– 1 in Western Health
– 1 in Central Health
– 3 in Labrador-Grenfell Health @VOCMNEWS #covid19nfld— Ben Murphy (@VOCMBen) April 7, 2020
Yesterday, the first case of COVID-19 in a long-term care home was identified in St. Lawrence.
Dr. Fitzgerald offered her thanks to those who are working on the front lines in the health care field and says the best way to show our support is to stay home.
How residents react this weekend will help to determine what our case numbers will look like in two weeks’ time.
That’s according to Health Minister John Haggie who emphasized the importance of social distancing this Easter weekend.
This year, we all need to do things differently says Haggie, because the gatherings and events we’re used to could be dangerous.
