Newfoundland and Labrador: COVID-19 cases - 270 cases; 3 deaths

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...il-3-1.5520429

'Each day we waste now will cost us,' warns Haggie as 12 new cases of COVID-19 found in N.L.
Surge in cases is likely coming over next few weeks, says provincial health minister
CBC News ? Posted: Apr 03, 2020 12:35 PM NT | Last Updated: 16 minutes ago

Newfoundland and Labrador has confirmed 12 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the province's total to 195.

Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, the province's chief medical officer of health, said at Friday's daily briefing that all the new cases are in the Eastern Health region.

Some 3,201 tests have been completed in the province so far. Fitzgerald said 11 people are currently in hospital as a result of the virus with four in intensive care. Eleven people have recovered, she said.

Fitzgerald said she's been asked about the possibility of transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19 from an asympotic carrier, and noted 90 per cent of cases involve transmission from someone who is symptomatic...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...pr-4-1.5522021

8 new positive COVID-19 tests announced as N.L. surpasses 200 cases
7 new cases in Eastern Health, 1 in Labrador-Grenfell Health
CBC News ? Posted: Apr 04, 2020 12:15 PM NT | Last Updated: an hour ago

Newfoundland and Labrador has passed 200 cases of COVID-19, as 8 new cases were announced Saturday.

According to Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, seven of the new cases are in the Eastern Health region. One new case is in the Labrador-Grenfell Health region: a person working at the Dr. Charles S. Curtis Memorial Hospital in St. Anthony.

153 of the 203 cases are related to Caul's Funeral Home...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...il-5-1.5522453

14 new cases of COVID-19 in N.L., bringing total to 217
CBC News ? Posted: Apr 05, 2020 9:01 AM NT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

There are 14 new cases of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador Sunday, according to Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald.

All of the new cases are in the Eastern Health region. The new cases bring the province's total to 217.

Of the 217 cases, 167 are related to the "Caul's cluster," which involved exposure at Caul's Funeral Home in St. John's last month...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...il-6-1.5523014

2nd COVID-NL death revealed; disease also moves for 1st time into long-term care
CBC News ? Posted: Apr 06, 2020 9:45 AM NT | Last Updated: 43 minutes ago

There has been a second death from COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador, and for the first time, a case has been found within a long-term care facility.

Nine new cases of the virus have been discovered within in the last 24 hours, bringing the province's total to 226.

Dr Janice Fitzgerald, the province's chief medical officer of health, said at Monday's daily update that all new cases are in the Eastern Health region, including one in St. Lawrence's long-term care facility...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...il-7-1.5524377

2 new cases of COVID-19 in N.L., bringing total to 228
Resident at U.S. Memorial Health Centre in St. Lawrence tested positive for virus, officials said Monday
CBC News ? Posted: Apr 07, 2020 10:52 AM NT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

Newfoundland and Labrador has two new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours — the smallest single-day increase since March 21 — bringing the province's total to 228.

Chief medical officer of health Janice Fitzgerald said at Tuesday's daily update the new cases are in the Eastern Health and Central Health regions of the province. Tuesday marks the fifth time in eight days the number of new cases was fewer than 10.

Health Minister John Haggie warned the province is on the edge of a surge, and Wednesday's briefing will be held at 6 p.m., rather than — as has been the norm — earlier in the afternoon, to share new information about what the future of COVID-19 looks like for the province.

"Our predictive analytics group will talk about what the future may hold," he said. "These are possibilities, these are probabilities, and they are looking at the future through a fuzzy telescope, through a fuzzy crystal ball."...

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Source: https://www.thetelegram.com/news/loc...vid-19-435401/

N.L. reports four new cases of COVID-19
The Telegram
Published: 3 hours ago

Newfoundland and Labrador has recorded four new cases of COVID-19 since Tuesday, all in the Eastern and Central health regions.
The number was released in a statement this afternoon.
The total for the province now stands at 232. This number includes two recent deaths, and 74 people who have now recovered from the disease...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...ions-1.5527357

3rd COVID-19 death recorded in N.L.
Newfoundland and Labrador's peak is expected to come later than other provinces
CBC News ? Posted: Apr 09, 2020 10:18 AM NT | Last Updated: an hour ago

Newfoundland and Labrador has had its third death from COVID-19.

Just a few hours after the province announced four new cases of COVID-19 — the fourth straight day of single-digit increases — at its daily briefing, it released a statement saying a 65-year-old man with pre-existing health conditions died Thursday afternoon in the Eastern Health region.

He had been admitted to hospital from his home.

Earlier Thursday, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, the province's chief medical officer, said the new cases were found in the Eastern and Central Health regions, bringing Newfoundland and Labrador's total to 236...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...l-10-1.5529148

3 new COVID-19 cases, as N.L. heads into long weekend
Daily briefings led by Dr. Janice Fitzgerald will resume Monday
CBC News ? Posted: Apr 10, 2020 1:52 PM NT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

There are three new cases of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador, according to the latest information that the Department of Health and Community Services released Friday afternoon.

The new cases were all found in the Eastern Health region, bringing the province's total number of COVID-19 cases to 239.

It is the fifth straight day of a single-digit increase. ..

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...l-11-1.5529749

Two new cases of COVID-19 in N.L., bringing total to 241
Both new cases are in the Eastern Health region
CBC News ? Posted: Apr 11, 2020 2:17 PM NT | Last Updated: 41 minutes ago

There are two new cases of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador.

According to a news release from the provincial government, the new cases are both in the Eastern Health region, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 241.

By region, there are 226 cases in the Eastern Health region, eight cases in the Central Health region, six cases in the Labrador-Grenfell Health region and one case in the Western Health region.

Six people are in hospital, with two in intensive care. In all, 4,726 people have been tested for the virus, with 4,485 testing negative, and 120 people have recovered from the virus...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...l-12-1.5530220

N.L. announces 1 new case of COVID-19
Number of new tests dips over Easter weekend
CBC News ? Posted: Apr 12, 2020 2:14 PM NT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

There is one new case of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador Sunday.

In a news release, the provincial government said the new case is in the Eastern Health region.

The new case brings the total number of COVID-19 cases in the province to 242. Of those cases, 227 are in the Eastern Health region.

There are eight cases in the Central Health region, one case in the Western Health region and six in the Labrador-Grenfell Health region...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...ador-1.5530723

COVID-19: N.L. puts limits on long-term care workers, as 2 new cases announced
It was a three-day weekend for many, and N.L. added 6 new COVID-19 cases
CBC News ? Posted: Apr 13, 2020 12:02 PM NT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

Two new cases of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador were announced Monday, as Health Minister John Haggie tightened restrictions on workers in the long-term care system.

Haggie said long-term care workers can now only work on a single site, and must remain working there to the exclusion of other sites for the duration of the pandemic.

Last week, N.L. reported its first case of COVID-19 in a long-term care setting, with a patient at a facility in St. Lawrence, on the Burin Peninsula.

Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, the province's chief medical officer of health, said the new cases were both found in Western Health region, bringing the province's total to 244...

...Nine people are currently in hospital, with three of those in intensive care.As of Monday's briefing,133 people have recovered and 4,907 have been tested province-wide. Three deaths have been recorded...

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No new cases: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...l-14-1.5531336

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N.L. expands testing criteria as caseload increases by 3: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...l-15-1.5532867

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...l-16-1.5534255


5 new COVID-19 cases in N.L., bringing total to 252
Largest single-day increase in 10 days
CBC News ? Posted: Apr 16, 2020 12:34 PM NT | Last Updated: an hour ago

Newfoundland and Labrador has five new cases of COVID-19, the provincial government announced Thursday, bringing the province's total to 252...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...l-17-1.5535782

...The government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced four new cases of COVID-19 within the province in the last 24 hours on Friday.
The new cases are in Eastern Health region of the province, bringing the total caseload to 256...As of Friday seven people are in hospital, with three in intensive care, 176 people have recovered and 5,585 people have been tested across the province...