The province’s Department of Health and Community Services reported seven new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, all in the Eastern Health Region.
They include three females and four males.
One person is under 20 years of age; four between 20-39; one between 40-49; and one between 50-59.
A news release stated that contact tracing by Public Health officials is underway. Anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.
Sunday’s report included there are 10 people in hospital — of these patients, six are in intensive care.
There were no new or outstanding presumptive positive cases reported on Sunday, and there were 15 new recoveries in the Eastern Health region.
The update noted there are 262 active cases of COVID-19 in the province as of Sunday.
In all, there were 11 new confirmed cases reported in the province on the weekend.
There was also a death of someone with COVID-19, the sixth person lost to the virus in the province since the start of the pandemic.
The latest death, reported on Saturday was that of a man over the age of 70 in the Eastern Health region.
Also on Saturday, the department reported four new confirmed cases of COVID-19, all in the Eastern Health region: one between 20-39 years of age; and three between 40-49. There were 18 new recoveries in the Eastern Health region reported on Saturday, and one new recovery in the Central Health region.
Vaccination plan
On Friday the department released its COVID-19 vaccination plan and launched a pre-registration system to help the regional health authorities plan and co-ordinate appointments.
The purpose of pre-registration is to let people identify how they wish to be contacted by their regional health authority once an appointment is available.
Pre-registration started Saturday for people 70 years of age and older. The department said it is pleased with the response from the public. As of Saturday, 24,246 people were pre-registered for their vaccination appointment.
People who have access to the Internet are encouraged as much as possible to use the online pre-registration option. They can pre-register online here. Anyone who knows of someone who is eligible to pre-register and may need assistance with online pre-registration are encouraged to help as you can pre-register on someone’s behalf.
A telephone pre-registration option is available for people who do not have access to the Internet and cannot pre-register online. They can call 1-833-668-3930 or 709-273-3930 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week.
To ensure a smooth pre-registration process, people 70 and older have been asked to wait and pre-register based on their last name. People 70 and older with last names starting with A to F had the first opportunity to preregister over the weekend. From today until Wednesday, March 3, people 70 and older with last names starting with G to L can preregister and from Thursday, March 4, to Saturday, March 6, people 70 and older with last names starting with M to Z can pre-register.
As of Sunday, March 7, people 70 years of age and older who were unable to pre-register during the dates listed above will be able to do so.
Pre-registration for the different groups in Phase Two will commence in mid to late March.
