P.E.I. COVID-19: One new death announced Tuesday

Prince Edward Island is reporting one new dying associated to COVID-19 in its weekly replace Tuesday.

The province says the individual was of their 60s or 70s.

To this point, P.E.I. has reported 45 deaths associated to the novel coronavirus.

HOSPITALIZATIONS

P.E.I. has reported a drop in COVID-19-related hospitalizations.

As of Tuesday, there have been 9 individuals in hospital with the virus – down two individuals from final week’s report.

Of these in hospital, three had been admitted on account of COVID-19 and 6 examined constructive on or after admission.

Presently, there isn’t a one in intensive care on account of COVID-19 on P.E.I.

OUTBREAK UPDATE

As of Monday, P.E.I. was reporting outbreaks in two long-term care houses:

These embody:

• Rev Phillips Residence Group Care
• Perrins Marina Villa Group Care

NEW CASES AND TESTING

P.E.I. is reporting 621 new circumstances of COVID-19 since its final replace – 70 fewer circumstances than the 691 reported final week.

During the last seven days, there was a median of 89 new circumstances per day on the island – a lower of 10 from the 99 common every day new circumstances reported final week.

Presently, there are 845 energetic circumstances of COVID-19 on P.E.I.

A median of 291 COVID-19 exams have been performed every day at provincial COVID-19 testing websites during the last seven days. Of these, 30.8 per cent got here again constructive, a slight lower in comparison with final week.

P.E.I. has confirmed a complete of 39,998 COVID-19 circumstances up to now.

Knowledge from P.E.I.’s weekly COVID-19 replace might be discovered on its website.