The Province is Reporting ONE New Confirmed Case of COVID-19 Today

TODAY, Friday, March 5th, Newfoundland and Labrador has 1 new confirmed case of COVID-19.

The 1 new confirmed case which is connected to previously announced cases are as follows:

In the Eastern Health region:
• 1 between 40-49 years of age;

The new case in the Eastern Health region is a close contact with a previous known case.

Contact tracing by Public Health officials is underway. Anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.

There are no new or outstanding presumptive positive cases.

There are 113 active cases of COVID-19.

The regional breakdown of the 113 active cases is as follows:
• Eastern Health – 110
• Central Health – 0
• Labrador-Grenfell Health – 2
• Western Health – 1

There have been 9 new recoveries in the Eastern Health region. This means 880 people have recovered.

There are seven people in hospital.

To date, 114,211 people have been tested.