Today, Thursday, January 20, Newfoundland and Labrador has 360 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last update on January 19. 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, 16 in non-critical care and four in critical care.
There have been 764 new recoveries – 610 in the Eastern Health region, 32 in the Central Health region, 24 in the Western Health region, 87 in the Labrador-Grenfell region and 11 unknown Regional Health Association, and 11,358 people have recovered.
The breakdown of the 360 cases are as follows:
· Eastern Health region – 212
· Central Health region – 63
· Western Health region – 57
· Labrador-Grenfell Health region – 23
· Unknown Regional Health Association – 5
There are currently 2,801 active cases of COVID-19 in the province; the regional breakdown of the active cases are as follows:
· Eastern Health – 1,990
· Central Health – 288
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 121
· Western Health – 357
· Unknown Regional Health Association – 45
A total of 1,462 tests were completed since yesterday, and to date, 462,544 tests have been administered.