N.L. reports 6 COVID-19 deaths, critical-care numbers rise

Six people have died due to COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador since Friday, raising the province's total to 130 since the beginning of the pandemic, 20 of those deaths announced in April alone.

Two deaths were in theEastern Health region, three were inCentral Health andone was in the Labrador-Grenfell Health area just the second reported COVID-19-related death in the region.

Two of thepeople who died werein their 70s, while therest were80 years old or older.

Hospitalizations have dropped to 35 from 41 onFriday. There are seven critical-care admissions, an increase of two since Friday.

The province also reported 575 new cases since Friday:243 on Saturday, 175 on Sunday and 157 on Monday.The case numbers are not necessarilyan 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.

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