Today (Thursday, February 10), Newfoundland and Labrador has 243 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last update on February 9.
There are 25 people in hospital because of COVID-19, 17 in non-critical care and eight in critical care. There have been 234 new recoveries – 144 in the Eastern Health region, 32 in the Central Health region, 32 in the Western Health region and 26 in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 17,792 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 243 cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health region – 160
· Central Health region – 31
· Western Health region – 24
· Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 28
There are currently 1,588 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 1,135
· Central Health – 167
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 116
· Western Health – 170
A total of 1,314 tests were completed since yesterday. To date, 492,165 tests have been administered.