Today, Friday, February 4, Newfoundland and Labrador has 258 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last update on February 3. 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, 12 in non-critical care and eight in critical care. There have been 229 new recoveries – 119 in the Eastern Health region, 41 in the Central Health region, 49 in the Western Health region and 20 in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 16,437 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 258 cases are as follows:
· Eastern Health region – 168
· Central Health region – 43
· Western Health region – 28
· Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 19
There are currently 1,746 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases are as follows:
· Eastern Health – 1,240
· Central Health – 192
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 89
· Western Health – 225
A total of 1,416 tests were completed since yesterday, and to date, 486,437 tests have been administered.