Today, Thursday, July 15, Newfoundland and Labrador has no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last public advisory.
There are 23 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 aboard the second ship anchored in Conception Bay. This brings the total of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases to 31 crew members.
Testing of all crew is ongoing and all are isolating. One crew member is in hospital.
The province continues to work closely with the Public Health Agency of Canada and Eastern Health regarding the two ships anchored in Conception Bay.
The ships and crews are following Public Health orders as directed by the Public Health Agency of Canada. There is no risk to the community. On the ship that was announced on July 5, there remain 14 confirmed cases and testing of all crew is completed.
There have been no new recoveries in the province since the last public advisory, 1,376 people have recovered, and one person is in hospital due to COVID-19.
There is currently one active case of COVID-19 in the province as well as 45 active cases of COVID-19 on the two ships anchored in Conception Bay. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 1 residing in the region and 45 on ships in Conception Bay
· Central Health – 0
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
· Western Health – 0
To date, 163,675 people have been tested.