Newfoundland and Labrador has 327 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, February 28. On Sunday, February 27, there were 256 new cases and, on Saturday, February 26, there were 296 new cases.
Today (Monday, February 28), there are 19 people in hospital because of COVID-19, 13 in non-critical care and six in critical care. There have been 219 new recoveries since yesterday – 180 in the Eastern Health region, 10 in the Central Health region, 27 in the Western Health region and two in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 21,705 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 327 cases for today is as follows:
Eastern Health region – 257
Central Health region – 17
Western Health region – 25
Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 28
There are currently 2,235 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
Eastern Health – 1,550
Central Health – 303
Labrador-Grenfell Health – 95
Western Health – 287
A total of 3,522 tests were completed since Friday. To date, 512,636 tests have been administered.