Today, Thursday, February 3, Newfoundland and Labrador has 198 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last update on February 2. 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, 13 in non-critical care and seven in critical care. There have been 372 new recoveries – 279 in the Eastern Health region, 51 in the Central Health region, 21 in the Western Health region and 21 in the Labrador-Grenfell Health region, and 16,208 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 198 cases is as follows:
• Eastern Health region – 108
• Central Health region – 42
• Western Health region – 41
• Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 7
There are currently 1,720 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
• Eastern Health – 1,189
• Central Health – 192
• Labrador-Grenfell Health – 91
• Western Health – 248
A total of 1,235 tests were completed since yesterday. To date, 485,021 tests have been administered.