Today, Friday, January 28, 2022, Newfoundland and Labrador has 265 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last update on January 27.
There are 20 people in hospital because of COVID-19, 12 in non-critical care and eight in critical care. There have been 297 new recoveries – 215 in the Eastern Health region, 10 in the Central Health region, 63 in the Western Health region and nine in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 14,231 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 265 cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health region – 155
· Central Health region – 53
· Western Health region – 28
· Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 29
There are currently 2,478 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 1,903
· Central Health – 222
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 105
· Western Health – 248
A total of 1,759 tests were completed since yesterday. To date, 478,068 tests have been administered.
All of Newfoundland and Labrador is in modified Alert Level 4 at this time. This Alert Level will be reassessed again on January 31, 2022.