Today, Monday, January 24, Newfoundland and Labrador has 349 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last social media update on January 23. Anyone who has tested positive must follow guidelines. Cases are advised to notify contacts as per instructions on the website.
There are 21 people in hospital because of COVID-19, 16 in non-critical care and five in critical care.
There have been 335 new recoveries – 252 in the Eastern Health region, 24 in the Central Health region, 48 in the Western Health region and 11 in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 12,805 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 349 cases are as follows:
· Eastern Health region – 274
· Central Health region – 42
· Western Health region – 25
· Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 8
There are currently 2,669 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases are as follows:
· Eastern Health – 1,844
· Central Health – 385
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 127
· Western Health – 313
A total of 2,015 tests were completed since yesterday. To date, 470,445 tests have been administered.