The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 has risen to 14, with seven people in critical care.

There are 15 new confirmed cases of COVID in Newfoundland and Labrador today. There are 13 in Central Health and one each in the Eastern Health and Western Health regions.

To date there are 88 confirmed cases linked to the Baie Verte cluster, 62 are connected to the Twillingate-New World Island cluster, and 52 confirmed cases linked to the Bishop’s Falls-Botwood cluster.

Public Health officials say the cases in the Bishop’s Falls-Botwood cluster are epidemiologically linked and there is no need for a change in alert level in that area at this time.

There are 160 active cases of the virus in the province and one presumptive positive case.