Today (Monday, January 17), Newfoundland and Labrador has 239 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last social media update on January 16. Anyone who has tested positive must follow guidelines as outlined here. Cases are advised to notify contacts as per instructions on the website.
The breakdown of the 239 cases are as follows:
In the Eastern Health region:
Thirty-seven under 20 years of age;
Sixty-six between 20-39 years of age;
Twenty-three between 40-49 years of age;
Nineteen between 50-59 years of age;
Nineteen between 60-69 years of age; and
Eight 70 years of age and above.
There are 83 females and 89 males.
In the Central Health region:
Four under 20 years of age;
Fifteen between 20-39 years of age;
Four between 40-49 years of age;
Six between 50-59 years of age;
Two between 60-69 years of age; and
Eight 70 years of age and above.
There are 24 females and 15 males.
In the Western Health region:
Six under 20 years of age;
Nine between 20-39 years of age;
Eight between 40-49 years of age;
One between 50-59 years of age; and
One between 60-69 years of age.
There are seven females and 18 males.
In the Labrador-Grenfell Health region:
One between 20-39 years of age.
There is one male.
There are also two cases that are the result of testing completed by a private lab outside of a Regional Health Authority:
Two between 40-49 years of age
There are two males.
There have been 416 new recoveries – 205 in the Eastern Health region, 37 in the Central Health region, 94 in the Western Health region and 80 in the Labrador-Grenfell region, and 7,670 people have recovered.
There are 15 people in hospital because of COVID-19, 12 in non-critical care and three in critical care.
There are currently 5,325 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
Eastern Health – 4,126
Central Health – 277
Labrador-Grenfell Health – 488
Western Health – 295
Unknown RHA – 139
To date, 457,207 tests have been administered