Thursday marked the sixth consecutive day without any new cases of COVID-19 reported in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The province’s total number of cases remains at 256, with 205 people having recovered. The number of active cases in the province has fallen to 48.
As of Thursday 6,902 people have been tested, 240 since Wednesday’s briefing.
Fitzgerald issued two new public health orders: effective Monday at noon, all travelers arriving in the province will be required to submit a 14-day self-isolation plan upon entering, and effective Friday at noon all travelers must fill out a health declaration form when arriving at any point of entry.
The self-isolation plan form will include questions about where the person will be staying, whether they will be around vulnerable people, and how they will maintain isolation.
“We want people to be able to do the right thing, and we want to be able to support them to do that right thing,” Fitzgerald said. “So ideally we would want to have that information prior to them coming to the province.”
Fitzgerald said now that the province has seen a period of no new cases for almost a week, the mandatory forms are in place to give public health a clearer picture when it comes to incoming travelers as government begins planning to ease some of its restrictions.