258 new cases of COVID-19

Today there are 258 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.

The breakdown of the 258 cases is as follows:

• Eastern Health region 168

• Central Health region 43

• Western Health region 28

• Labrador-Grenfell Health region 19

There are 20 people in hospital because of COVID-19, 12 in non-critical care and eight in critical care.

There have been 229 new recoveries leaving 1,746 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.