Today (Wednesday, August 4), Newfoundland and Labrador has one new confirmed case of COVID-19 since the last public advisory. Contact tracing by Public Health is underway and anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.
The new confirmed case is a male in the Central Health region between 20-39 years of age. The case is related to travel within Canada.
There have been no new recoveries in the province and 1,421 people have recovered. There are two people in hospital due to COVID-19. One is a crewmember from the ship that was off the coast of Bay Bulls and one is a crewmember from the ship that was anchored in Conception Bay.
There are currently six active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health 2
o 1 related to ship previously in Bay Bulls
o 1 related to ship previously in Conception Bay
· Central Health – 1
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
· Western Health – 1
To date, 263,576 tests have been administered