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493 New COVID-19 Cases
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Today there are 493 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Of the new cases, 267 are in Eastern Health, there are 57 in Central Health, there are 33 in Western Health, and 125 in the Labrador-Grenfell Health region.
There are also 11 cases that are the result of testing completed by a private lab outside of a Regional Health Authority.
There have been 164 new recoveries.
There are currently 3,254 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.
There is one person in hospital.