497 new cases on march 3, 2022. public health announced 450 new cases on march 4, 2022, along with 295 recoveries, leaving 2,812 active cases. sixteen people remain in hospital, with six in icu. since march 5, 2022, public health officials reported 1,244 new covid-19 cases; on saturday, march 5, there were 469 new cases, on sunday, march 6, there were 332 new cases and monday, march 7, 2022, there 443 new cases. there were also 825 recoveries since the last update, leaving 3,216 active cases. twenty-five people in hospital receiving care, including five in icu. officials also reported two new deaths. on march 9, 2022, the province announced 1,131 cases over two days; 535 on march 8 and 596 on march 9. there were also four deaths and 315 recoveries, leaving 3,675 active cases. hospitalizations remain stable with 20 people receiving non-critical care and five in icu. over the past two days, officials announced 1,262 new covid-19 cases and 882 recoveries on march 11, 2022. on thursday, march 10, 680 cases were reported and 582 cases were reported on march 11. there are 22 people in hospital, five people receiving care in icu. the province also reported four new deaths; two females in the eastern health region, one between 70 and 79 years of age and the other between 80 and 89 years of age, one male in the central health region and one male in the western health region, both between 50 and 59 years of age. the province is reporting 4,105 known, active cases. public health also announced that as of monday, march 14, 2022, the department will no longer be issuing weekly media releases, opting to instead update the covid-19 hub on mondays, wednesdays, and fridays. since the last update, the province reported 2,188 new cases on march 15, 2022. public health is also no longer reporting the number of known, active cases, the number of tests completed, or the number of those who were infected and subsequently recovered. there were also two new deaths. there is now an estimate, 6,313 active cases. officials announced 560 new covid-19 cases on march 16, 2022, with estimate 6,869 active cases. twenty-seven people are in hospital, including three in icu. on march 17, 2022, there were 609 new covid-19 cases announced in the province, along with one new death. public health reported 663 new covid-19 cases on friday, march 18, 2022, along with two new deaths. hospitalizations remain stable at 27, with three in icu. officials reported 449 covid-19 cases on march 19 and march 20, 2022. on monday, march 21, 2022, officials announced 324 new covid-19 cases and two deaths. hospitalizations jumped over the weekend with 31 people receiving non-critical care, and three people in icu. officials reported 267 new covid-19 cases on tuesday, march 22, 2022. on march 23, 2022, officials announced 419 new covid-19 cases. there were 419 new covid-19 cases and four deaths reported on march 24, 2022. another three deaths and 507 new cases were reported on march 25, 2022, pushing the death toll passed 100 since the pandemic began. icu admissions jumped by three, bringing that total to six in critical care due to covid-19. thirty-three people are hospitalized. officials reported 370 new covid-19 cases on march 26, 2022. there were 539 new covid-19 cases announced in the province on march 27, 2022, along with two new deaths. on monday, march 28, 2022, officials announced 248 new covid-19 cases. there are now 40 people in hospital, with seven in icu. over the last two days, officials reported 920 new covid-19 cases and seven deaths. there were 350 cases and four deaths on tuesday, march 29, and 570 cases and three deaths on wednesday, march 30. hospitalizations remained at 40, however, there are now 11 people in icu receiving care due to covid-19. there were 299 new covid-19 cases and three deaths announced on march 30, 2022. forty people remained in hospital. on april 1, 2022, officials announced 389 new covid-19 cases and another three deaths. thirty-eight people are in hospital, with icu admissions remaining stable at 11. health officials also announced that the province has confirmed cases of the ba.2 sublineage of the omicron variant. the department says all pcr tests are screened weekly to determine if they are ba.1 or ba.2. according to media, ba.2 now accounts for 35 to 40 percent of all samples that have been screened in the province. it has also been detected in wastewater samples as well. the province announced 154 new covid-19 cases on april 4, 2022. over the weekend, the province reported 293 cases on saturday, april 2, and 227 cases on sunday, april 3. two new deaths were also announced bringing that total to 118. forty-three people are in hospital receiving care due to covid-19, with nine of those patients in icu. health minister john haggie announced in the house of assembly that the province is at or near the peak of the current spike in cases and deaths. he also announced that there are now less than 600 health-care workers across the province isolating due to covid-19; about half the number a week ago. over the past two days, health officials reported 643 new covid-19 cases and four deaths. there were 304 cases and three deaths on april 5, 2022, and 339 new cases and one death on april 6, 2022. forty-seven people are now in hospital, however, icu admissions remained stable since the last update, with nine patients currently receiving care in icu. there were 676 new covid-19 cases and two deaths reported on april 8, 2022. on april 7, 2022, there were 283 new cases, and on april 8, 2022, there were 393 new cases and two deaths. hospitalizations and icu admissions dropped to 41 and five, respectfully. over the weekend, the province reported 575 new cases and six new deaths. on saturday, april 9, the province reported 243 new cases and two deaths; there were 175 new cases on sunday, april 10, and three deaths; and on april 11, there were 157 new cases and one death. hospitalizations dropped over the weekend, with 35 people in hospital. two more people were admitted to icu, bringing that total to seven. the province announced 451 new covid-19 cases and seven deaths reported on april 13, 2022. two hundred and five cases and four deaths reported on april 12, 2022, and 246 cases and three deaths reported on wednesday, april 13, 2022. thirty-two people are in hospital, with six in icu. since the last update on april 13, 2022, the province reported 723 new cases and five deaths on monday, april 18, 2022. there were 225 new cases on april 14; 176 new cases on april 15; 137 news cases on april 16 and two deaths; 109 new cases and three deaths on april 17; and 76 new cases on april 18. there are 34 people in hospital, with six in the icu. the bulk of hospitalizations are in the eastern health region with 17 patients, there are four in labrador-grenfell health, eight in western health and five in central health. officials reported 189 new cases and four new deaths on april 19, 2022. on wednesday, april 20, 2022, there were 179 new cases and six new deaths. there are 31 people in hospital and seven in icu. there were 120 new covid-19 cases and two new deaths on april 21, 2022. on friday, april 22, 2022, there were 152 new covid-19 cases and three new deaths. twenty-five people remain in hospital, with seven in icu. over the weekend, the province reported 312 new covid-19 cases; 137 cases on saturday, april 23; 88 cases on sunday, april 24; and 87 cases on monday, april 25. for the first time in a month, the province reported zero covid-related deaths. hospitalizations dropped by one, with 24 people now receiving care with five in icu. the province reported 114 new covid-19 cases and three deaths on april 26, 2022. on wednesday, april 27, 2022, there were 93 cases and two deaths reported. hospitalizations dropped to its lowest point in months. seventeen people are now receiving care in hospital, with five of them in icu. on thursday, april 28, 2022, there were 126 new covid-19 cases and one death. officials reported 102 new covid-19 cases and two new deaths on april 29, 2022. hospitalizations and icu admissions decreased since the last update, with 16 people in hospital and four receiving care in icu. on april 30, 2022, there were 103 new covid-19 cases. on may 1, 2022, officials reported 29 new covid-19 cases; the lowest case count since october 2021. officials also reported one new death. there were 65 new covid-19 cases reported on may 2, 2022. hospitalizations jumped over the weekend from 16 people on april 29, to 24 people on may 2. three people remain in icu. there were 44 new cases reported on may 3, 2022. officials reported 140 new cases and one death on may 4, 2022. on may 5, 2022, there were 104 new cases. there were 108 new cases reported on may 6, 2022. on may 7, 2022, there were 47 new covid-19 cases announced. officials reported 46 new cases on may 8, 2022. there were 58 new cases and 2 dearths reported on may 9, 2022. the province announced 75 new cases and three deaths on may 10, 2022. seventy cases and four deaths were reported on may 11, 2022. officials reported 53 cases on may 12, 2022. fifty-five cases were announced on may 13, 2022. there are eight people in hospital and one in critical care due to covid-19. in their first update since switching to weekly reportings, health authorities reported 264 cases, one death, six new hospitalizations and one new icu admission. there were 51 cases on may 14 and may 15; 20 cases on may 16; 50 cases on may 17; and 92 cases on may 18. there are 14 people in hospital, with two patients in icu due to covid-19 severity. in the last week, officials reported 366 new covid-19 cases and five deaths. there were 60 cases on may 19; 72 cases on may 20; 32 cases on may 21; 41 cases on may 22; 34 cases on may 23; 63 cases on may 24; and 64 cases on may 25. there are 13 people in hospital and two in icu. the province reported 408 new covid-19 cases and two new deaths since their last weekly update. there were 78 cases on may 26; 61 cases on may 27; 50 cases on may 28; 34 cases on may 29; 66 cases on may 30; 45 cases on may 31; and 74 cases on june 1. hospitalizations had a significant drop since the last update, with only five people receiving care and two patients in icu due to covid-19. in the weekly update on june 8, the province reported 464 new covid-19 cases and three deaths. for the first time since the pandemic started, the province reported a death in an individual under the age of 20. there were 60 cases reported on june 2; 66 cases on june 3; 115 cases on june 4; 64 cases on june 5; 40 cases on june 6; 46 cases on june 7; and 73 cases on june 8. there are still five people in hospital, with two in icu. there were 500 new covid-19 cases and three deaths reported on june 15, 2022, since the last update a week prior. there were 78 cases on june 9; 77 cases on june 10; 89 cases on june 11; 70 cases on june 12; 39 cases on june 13; 83 cases on june 14; and 64 cases on june 15. there are 14 people in hospital, with four in icu; both increased in the last week. since the last update, the province reported 418 new covid-19 cases and two deaths on june 22, 2022. there were 74 cases on june 16; 55 cases on june 17; 77 cases on june 18; 40 cases on june 19; 21 cases on june 20; 64 cases on june 21; and 87 cases on june 22. there are 11 people in hospital with covid and three in icu. the weekly update on