Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced one new positive case of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. The individual is between the ages of 10 to 19 years and is a student at West Royalty Elementary School in Charlottetown. The case is currently under...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced that there are 11 individuals in hospital who have COVID-19. There are six people in hospital due to COVID-19 (including one person in the Intensive Care Unit) and five people in hospital who were admitted for other...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced two additional deaths related to COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. The individuals are both between the ages of 60 and 79 years. “I was saddened to learn that two more people passed away related to COVID-19,” said...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced one additional death related to COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. The individual is over the age of 80 years. “It’s difficult for us to hear of another Islander that has passed away related to COVID-19,” said Dr...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced two new cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island, both of which are linked to Ecole La-Belle-Cloche in Souris. Both individuals are under the age of 12 years and are students at Ecole La-Belle-Cloche. This is the...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced new precautionary and temporary measures in response to the Omicron variant of concern. “The situation with Omicron is evolving and we will know more about how transmissible this variant is in the coming weeks. I am...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced 225 new cases of COVID-19 and 195 new recoveries as of 8:00 am on Friday, January 14, 2022. These new cases are still under investigation. There are currently 1,994 active cases of COVID-19 and there have been 3,861...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced one additional COVID-19 related death in Prince Edward Island. The individual is between the ages of 60 and 79 years. “I am extremely saddened to hear that another individual has passed away related to COVID-19 in...
The Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has released details for the Back to School Guidance for the 2022-2023 school year in preparation for back to school. Routine public health measures for managing COVID-19 and other respiratory illness are recommended to...
The Chief Public Health Office has received an interjurisdictional notification regarding a COVID-19 case who traveled to PEI prior to testing positive. The individual is from Atlantic Canada and recently tested positive in their home jurisdiction. The individual was on Prince...