Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison has announced that there are 17 people in hospital being treated for COVID-19, including one person in the Intensive Care Unit. Three of those patients were identified as part of new outbreak at Prince County Hospital. There is one other person in hospital who is positive for COVID-19 but is being treated for illnesses other than COVID-19 (COVID-19 was not the reason for admission).
Dr. Morrison announced 247 new cases of COVID-19 and 225 new recoveries on Thursday. There are currently 2,662 active cases of COVID-19 and there have been 7,059 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Over the last seven days there have been an average of 242 cases per day.
