Another eight positive cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the province—all in the Eastern Health region.
The province provided the latest numbers this afternoon.
That brings the total number of cases in Newfoundland and Labrador to 183. 174 are in the Eastern Health Region, three are in Central Health, one in the Western Health region and five are in the Labrador-Grenfell Health Region.
143 of the total number of cases are linked to Caul’s Funeral Home in St. John’s.
11 in hospital. 4 in ICU.
10 recovered.
Dr. Fitzgerald says Regional Health Authorities are prepared.
“We are at the beginning of this and now is not the time to become complacent.” @VOCMNEWS #covid19nfld
— Ben Murphy (@VOCMBen) April 2, 2020
Eleven people are in hospital, four are now in ICU and ten people are considered recovered. The province recorded its first death from the illness earlier this week.
Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald once again reminded residents that this is only the beginning of the outbreak and everyone must remain vigilant in doing their part to ensure control of the spread.
