An infectious disease researcher says COVID-19 cases in Newfoundland and Labrador are on the rise again — and that it comes at a time when the province isn’t showing the full picture when it comes to reporting statistics.

Tara Moriarty, a researcher and professor at the University of Toronto, told CBC News that COVID-19 cases are up across the country heading into the holiday season. And while Newfoundland and Labrador is in a slightly better situation, she said, her research indicates that about one in every 37 residents are infected by COVID-19.

“There are about 9,000 infections per week, or about 1,300 per day,” Moriarty said Wednesday. “We also are expecting about 17 per cent excess mortality in Newfoundland and Labrador related to COVID, which is about 19 deaths per week.”