Today, Tuesday, February 1, Newfoundland and Labrador has 179 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last update on January 31.
There are 25 people in hospital because of COVID-19, 14 in non-critical care and 11 in critical care. There have been 385 new recoveries – 239 in the Eastern Health region, 91 in the Central Health region, 31 in the Western Health region and 24 in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 15,572 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 179 cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health region – 115
· Central Health region – 35
· Western Health region – 22
· Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 7
There are currently 1,915 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 1,371
· Central Health – 209
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 110
· Western Health – 225
A total of 1,460 tests were completed since yesterday. To date, 482,921 tests have been administered.