2 more people in hospital with COVID-19 in N.L.

Two more people in Newfoundland and Labrador have been admitted tohospital with COVID-19,raising the total number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients to six.

According to numbers released by the province's Department of Health and Community Services in a tweet Sunday, thepositivity rate has increased to 12 per cent, after dipping to 9.4 per cent on Saturday.

A total of 3,057 tests were done in the past 24 hours, the department said more than 1,600 fewer than were announced inSaturday's update.

With 367 new cases reported Sunday,there are 4,944 known active cases in the province.

Of the new cases Sunday,203 are in theEastern Health region, 55 are in the Central Health region,45 are in the Western Healthregionand 54 are inthe Labrador-Grenfell Health region.

Ten cases were from private tests conducted outside the regional health authorities.

The number of new confirmed cases each day may not represent the true spread of the virus, however, as the Health Departmenthas advised anyone who is a close contact of a case and has symptoms to assume they are positive for COVID-19. Test results can also take up to five days, according to the province's COVID-19 website.

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