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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/covid-nl-april-13-2022-1.6418087
7 new COVID-19 deaths as N.L. expands boosters for seniors and teens
Province reports 1st death of person in their 30s due to COVID-19
Mike Moore · CBC News · Posted: Apr 13, 2022 9:35 AM NT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
Newfoundland and Labrador will begin offering a first COVID-19 booster dose for people between 12 and 17 years old starting April 25, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald said Wednesday.
Fitzgerald said the decision is based on the evolving epidemiology of COVID-19, recommendations made by Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization on Tuesday and the potential decrease in protection from vaccines over time.
People in that age group will be eligible for a booster when 22 weeks has passed since their second dose...
...On Wednesday the province reported seven new deaths, raising the total to 137, with 27 reported in April alone.
One was in the Western Health area, two were in Central Health and four were in Eastern Health.
Four of those people were at least 80 years old, two were in their 70s and one was in their 30s — the first reported COVID-19 death of a person in their 30s in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Fitzgerald said the province will likely see another wave of COVID-19 in the fall, but the province isn't planning to bring back mandates and restrictions...
...The province also reported 451 new cases since Monday's update: 205 on Tuesday and 256 on Wednesday. The case numbers are not an accurate representation of the true spread of COVID-19 in the province since the Health Department has restricted testing and is no longer releasing the data for tests completed.
As of Wednesday, 32 people are in hospital because of COVID-19, down three since Monday. Six people are in critical care.
Those cases are included in what the Health Department said was 119 people in hospital with the virus on Monday — either a person hospitalized because of the virus or a person who has the virus but is hospitalized for another reason —down from a peak of 144 on March 21...