Newfoundland and Labrador is beginning the year with yet another single-day record for new COVID-19 cases. In a tweet issued Saturday afternoon, the Department of Health and Community Services said there are 442 new cases of the virus. The majority of the cases, 233, are in the Eastern Health region. There are 146 new cases in the Labrador-Grenfell Health region, 35 in the Central Health region and 22 in the Western Health region. Eastern Health shifting resources to COVID responseBeginning on Tuesday, Eastern Health says it will be making changes to services in St. John's to free up resources to give more COVID-19 tests and booster shots.

Source: CBC News January 02, 2022 02:01 UTC