Today Monday, August 9, Newfoundland and Labrador has no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last public advisory.
There has been one new recovery in the Eastern Health region on Saturday, August 7 and 1,423 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.
Testing is ongoing for the presumptive positive case in the Eastern Health region reported on Friday, August 6. Should the presumptive positive case be confirmed positive, they will then be reported in public updates as a new confirmed case.
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; 1 related to ship previously in Bay Bulls and 1 related to ship previously in Conception Bay
• Central Health – 1
• Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
• Western Health – 1
To date, 264,546 tests have been administered.