Today, Wednesday, May 19, Newfoundland and Labrador has three new confirmed cases of COVID-19. There are two cases in the Eastern Health and one case in the Western Health region.
The first new confirmed case is a male in the Eastern Health region between 20-39 years of age. The case is related to travel within Canada.
The second new confirmed case is a male in the Eastern Health region between 50-59 years of age. The case is related to travel within Canada.
The third new confirmed case is a female in the Western Health region over 70 years of age. The case is a close contact of a previous case.
Contact tracing by Public Health is underway. Anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.
There are no new presumptive positive cases leaving one presumptive positive case in the province.
There are eight new recoveries, three in the Eastern Health region and five in the Western Health region and 1,124 people have recovered. One person is in hospital due to COVID-19.
There are 78 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the 78 active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 36
· Central Health – 18
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 1
· Western Health – 23
To date, 140,245 people have been tested.
For the most up-to-date information related to COVID-19, please visit www.gov.nl.ca/covid-19.