Today (Friday, February 11), Newfoundland and Labrador has 267 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last update on February 10.
There are 22 people in hospital because of COVID-19, 13 in non-critical care and nine in critical care.
There have been 256 new recoveries – 165 in the Eastern Health region, 39 in the Central Health region, 38 in the Western Health region and 14 in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 18,048 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 267 cases is as follows:
• Eastern Health region – 167
• Central Health region – 44
• Western Health region – 34
• Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 22
There are currently 1,598 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
• Eastern Health – 1,138
• Central Health – 170
• Labrador-Grenfell Health – 124
• Western Health – 166
A total of 1,330 tests were completed since yesterday. To date, 493,495 tests have been administered.
Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting its fifty-first and fifty-second deaths from COVID-19.
One individual is a male between 70-79 years of age in the Central Health region, and the other is a male over 90 years of age in the Western Health region. The department is sending its condolences to the families of these individuals and asks everyone to respect the families’ privacy at this time.