Today, Thursday, January 27th, in Newfoundland and Labrador there are 20 people in hospital because of COVID-19, 13 in non-critical care and seven in critical care. There have been 544 new recoveries – 310 in the Eastern Health region, 129 in the Central Health region, 76 in the Western Health region and 29 in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 13,934 people have recovered.
Newfoundland and Labrador has 378 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last update on January 26. Anyone who has tested positive must follow guidelines. Cases are advised to notify contacts as per instructions on the website.
Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting its 35th, 36th, 37th and 38th deaths from COVID-19. The individuals are a female between 40-49 years of age and a male over 70 years of age in the Eastern Health region; a female over 70 years of age in the Western Health region; and a female over 70 years of age in the Labrador-Grenfell region. The department is sending its condolences to the families of these individuals and asks everyone to respect the families’ privacy at this time.
The breakdown of the 378 cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health region – 258
· Central Health region – 48
· Western Health region – 49
· Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 23
There are currently 2,510 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 1,960
· Central Health – 180
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 87
· Western Health – 283
A total of 2,091 tests were completed since yesterday. To date, 476,309 tests have been administered.