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258 new cases of COVID-19
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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.