Today, Wednesday, March 2, Newfoundland and Labrador has 389 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. On Tuesday, March 1, there were 366 new cases.
There are 15 people in hospital because of COVID-19, 10 in non-critical care and five in critical care. There have been 197 new recoveries since yesterday – 92 in the Eastern Health region, 58 in the Central Health region, 35 in the Western Health region and 12 in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 22,189 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 389 cases for today is as follows:
– Eastern Health region – 270
– Central Health region – 77
– Western Health region – 38
– Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 4
There are currently 2,506 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
– Eastern Health – 1,876
– Central Health – 267
– Labrador-Grenfell Health – 80
– Western Health – 283
A total of 2,040 tests were completed since Monday, and to date, 514,676 tests have been administered.