Ministry of Health reports 13 COVID deaths and 17 care home outbreaks last week
There have been 1,013 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the province between Feb. 27 and March 5 according to the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 integrated epidemiology (epi) report.
There were 13 COVID deaths reported in the province, which is 70.5 per cent lower than the number reported in the previous week.
About 17 outbreaks in long-term care and care home settings were reported this week have also been reported.
As of March 5, 85.6 per cent of those five and older have received at least one dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine and 80.4 per cent have been double vaccinated.