Today, Tuesday, January 25, Newfoundland and Labrador has 296 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last update on January 24. 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, 15 in non-critical care and five in critical care. There have been 277 new recoveries – 171 in the Eastern Health region, 51 in the Central Health region, 29 in the Western Health region and 26 in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 13,082 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 296 cases are as follows:
· Eastern Health region – 219
· Central Health region – 30
· Western Health region – 38
· Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 9
There are currently 2,688 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.
The regional breakdown of the active cases are as follows:
· Eastern Health – 1,893
· Central Health – 365
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 109
· Western Health – 321
A total of 1,756 tests were completed since yesterday and to date, 472,201 tests have been administered.