Today, Wednesday March 9, 2022, Newfoundland and Labrador has 596 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today. On Tuesday, March 8, there were 535 new cases.
There are 20 people in hospital because of COVID-19, 15 in non-critical care and five in critical care. There have been 315 new recoveries since yesterday – 231 in the Eastern Health region, 57 in the Central Health region,18 in the Western Health region and nine in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 24,334 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 596 cases for today is as follows:
· Eastern Health region – 447
· Central Health region – 68
· Western Health region – 71
· Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 10
There are currently 3,675 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 2,853
· Central Health – 337
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 87
· Western Health – 398
Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting its sixty-ninth, seventieth, seventy-first and seventy-second deaths from COVID-19. In the Eastern Health region, there is one male between 60-69 years of age and another male between 80-89 years of age. There is one male in the Central Health region between 80-89 years of age, and a male between 70-79 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.
A total of 3,498 tests were completed since Monday. To date, 524,725 tests have been administered.