Newfoundland and Labrador has 234 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last update on February 16. Today (Friday, February 18), there are 13 people in hospital because of COVID-19, eight in non-critical care and five in critical care.
There have been 227 new recoveries – 145 in the Eastern Health region, 32 in the Central Health region, 23 in the Western Health region and 27 in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 19,473 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 234 cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health region – 163
· Central Health region – 24
· Western Health region – 32
· Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 15
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There are currently 1,757 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 1,292
· Central Health – 134
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 92
· Western Health – 239
A total of 1,279 tests were completed since yesterday. To date, 500,796 tests have been administered.