Dr. Morrison to hold COVID-19 briefing Wednesday
CBC
Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison is scheduled to provide an update on the COVID-19 situation on P.E.I. Wednesday at 2 p.m.
The briefing will be streamed here and on the CBC P.E.I. Facebook page.
Nine people with COVID-19 have died on P.E.I. within the last two weeks.
As of Tuesday, there were 2,394 known active cases of COVID-19 and there have been 6,557 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Over the last seven days, there have been an average of 249 cases per day.
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