Today, Tuesday, May 25, Newfoundland and Labrador has 11 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Contact tracing by Public Health is underway and anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.
The 11 new confirmed cases are all in the Central Health region and are connected to the cluster. The cases are as follows:
• 1 under 20 years of age;
• 4 are between 20-39 years of age;
• 1 is between 40-49 years of age;
• 4 are between 50-59 years of age; and
• 1 is between 60-69 years of age.
There are three females and eight males.
There are seven new recoveries, three in the Eastern Health region, two in the Central Health region and two in the Western Health region and 1,166 people have recovered.
There are four people in hospital due to COVID-19.
There are 93 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the 93 active cases is as follows:
• Eastern Health – 25
• Central Health – 53
• Labrador-Grenfell Health – 1
• Western Health – 14
To date, 142,381 people have been tested.
The case reported Friday, May 21 in the Western Health region and the case reported Thursday, May 20 in the Central Health region remain under investigation.
The investigation into the cluster of cases in the Central Health region is ongoing and the source of infection remains under investigation.
There are now 44 confirmed cases of COVID-19 associated with the cluster.
There is one presumptive positive case in the Central Health region related to the cluster.
Travel to and from this region should only be for essential reasons such as work, medical care or essential support for loved ones.