Newfoundland and Labrador has 443 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, March 7. On Sunday, March 6, there were 332 new cases and, on Saturday, March 5, there were 469 new cases.
Today, there are 25 people in hospital because of COVID-19, 20 in non-critical care and five in critical care. There have been 232 new recoveries since yesterday – 183 in the Eastern Health region, six in the Central Health region, 37 in the Western Health region and six in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 21,704 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 443 cases for today is as follows:
· Eastern Health region – 403
· Central Health region – 12
· Western Health region – 26
· Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 2
There are currently 3,216 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 2,391
· Central Health – 400
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 97
· Western Health – 328
Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting its sixty-seventh and sixty-eighth deaths from COVID-19. One individual is a female between 70-79 years of age in the Eastern Health region, and the second is a female between 60-69 years of age in the Central 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.
A total of 3,964 tests were completed since Friday. To date, 512,636 tests have been administered.