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243 new confirmed cases of COVID-19
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There are 243 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today.
Regional breakdown: Eastern Health region 160 Central Health region 31 Western Health region 24 Labrador-Grenfell Health region 28
There are 25 people in hospital because of COVID-19, 17 in non-critical care and eight in critical care.
There are currently 1,588 active cases and there have been 234 new recoveries.
Effective today, February 10, 2022, two support persons/visitors for each patient/resident is permitted at these facilities. Information regarding the changes can be found here.