Today (Monday, January 31), Newfoundland and Labrador has 183 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last social media update on January 30. Anyone who has tested positive must follow guidelines. Cases are advised to notify contacts as per instructions on the website.
There are 22 people in hospital because of COVID-19, 13 in non-critical care and nine in critical care. There have been 222 new recoveries – 182 in the Eastern Health region, 6 in the Central Health region, 22 in the Western Health region and 12 in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 15,187 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 183 cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health region – 103
· Central Health region – 28
· Western Health region – 20
· Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 32
There are currently 2,121 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 1,498
· Central Health – 263
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 124
· Western Health – 236
A total of 900 tests were completed since yesterday. To date, 481,461 tests have been administered.