Today, Monday, February 7, Newfoundland and Labrador has 166 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last social media update on February 6.
There are 22 people in hospital because of COVID-19, 16 in non-critical care and six in critical care. There have been 197 new recoveries – 158 in the Eastern Health region, 1 in the Central Health region, 30 in the Western Health region and eight in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 17,156 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 166 cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health region – 89
· Central Health region – 35
· Western Health region – 16
· Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 26
There are currently 1,525 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 1,003
· Central Health – 226
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 117
· Western Health – 179
A total of 965 tests were completed since yesterday. To date, 488,967 tests have been administered.