Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is reporting a drop in new COVID-19 cases in its latest update.
According to its COVID-19 dashboard, public health reported 175 new high-risk cases of COVID-19 in the region. That is down from the 201 reported the week before.
Known active high-risk cases also went down. There are 211 known active high-risk cases of COVID-19, down from 257.
No new COVID-19 deaths are being reported.
Despite this, COVID-19 hospitalizations did see an increase. Forty-three people are in hospital with COVID-19. That’s up from 35 last week.
Three people are currently in intensive care.
