A live COVID briefing is scheduled for this afternoon.
Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, Health Minister John Haggie and Premier Andrew Furey will host the briefing at 2 p.m. There is no immediate word on what is behind today’s briefing. VOCM News will carry it live.
Meanwhile, the province reported another death yesterday, a man in his 60s in the Eastern Health region. That brings to 46 the number of people who have died as a result of the virus.
There were 166 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province yesterday, with 22 people in hospital including six in critical care. There were 197 new recoveries, meaning there are now 1,525 active cases in Newfoundland and Labrador.