Today, Monday, August 23, Newfoundland and Labrador has two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last public advisory.
The first new confirmed case is a male in the Eastern Health region between 20-39 years of age. The case is a close contact of a previous case.
The second new confirmed case is a female in the Labrador-Grenfell Health region between 20-39 years of age. The case is related to travel within Canada.
Contact tracing by Public Health is underway and anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.
There is one new recovery in the Eastern Health region, 1,431 people have recovered, and there is no one in hospital due to COVID-19.
There are currently 15 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases are as follows:
· Eastern Health – 13
· Central Health – 0
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 2
· Western Health – 0
To date, 267,768 tests have been administered.