Today, Wednesday, February 9, Newfoundland and Labrador has 250 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last update on February 8. Anyone who has tested positive must follow guidelines. Cases are advised to notify contacts as per instructions on the website.
There are 20 people in hospital because of COVID-19, 13 in non-critical care and seven in critical care. There have been 155 new recoveries – 81 in the Eastern Health region, 40 in the Central Health region, 17 in the Western Health region and 17 in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 17,558 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 250 cases are as follows:
· Eastern Health region – 159
· Central Health region – 44
· Western Health region – 28
· Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 19
There are currently 1,579 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases are as follows:
· Eastern Health – 1,121
· Central Health – 168
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 112
· Western Health – 178
A total of 1,136 tests were completed since yesterday, and to date, 490,851 tests have been administered.