There were 50% less new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in the region in the last 24 hours than a week ago but the virus continues to take its sad death toll.
Seven people, four women and three men, have died of complications connected to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, ages 56, 75, 77, 81, 85, 86 and 80 years.
Regional Statistics
For the 24 hours ending at midnight on February 7
Numbers in brackets are for Sunday February 6
1,696 confirmed cases (468)*
17,803 total active cases (18,557)
546 hospitalized (537)
79 in intensive care (76)
2,055 deceased (2,048)
*Statistics for new confirmed cases tend to be artificially low on Sundays due to the lack of testing over the weekend.
