Today (Wednesday, February 2), Newfoundland and Labrador has 248 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last update on February 1. Anyone who has tested positive must follow guidelines.
There are 20 people in hospital because of COVID-19, 11 in non-critical care and nine in critical care. There have been 264 new recoveries – 194 in the Eastern Health region, 34 in the Central Health region, 21 in the Western Health region and 15 in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 15,836 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 248 cases is as follows:
• Eastern Health region – 183
• Central Health region – 28
• Western Health region – 27
• Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 10
There are currently 1,895 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
• Eastern Health – 1,358
• Central Health – 203
• Labrador-Grenfell Health – 105
• Western Health – 229
A total of 865 tests were completed since yesterday. To date, 483,786 tests have been administered.