Today, Monday, September 20, Newfoundland and Labrador has 15 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last public advisory.
In the Eastern Health region:
– One female under 20 years of age. The case is related to international travel.
– One male between 20-39 years of age. The case is related to travel within Canada.
– One female between 40-49 years of age. The case is related to international travel.
– One male between 50-59 years of age. The case is related to travel within Canada.
In the Central Health region:
– One female between 20-39 years of age. The case is under investigation.
– One female between 40-49 years of age. The case is under investigation.
– One female between 50-59 years of age. The case is a contact of a previous known case.
– Six females 70 years of age and older. The cases are under investigation.
– Two males 70 years of age and older. The cases are under investigation.
Contact tracing by Public Health is underway and anyone considered a close contact has been advised regarding quarantine according to current guidelines.
There have been seven new recoveries, three in the Eastern Health region, three in the Labrador-Grenfell region and one in the Western Health region and 1,510 people have recovered.
There is one person in hospital because of COVID-19, there are no new presumptive positive cases in the province, there are currently 46 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
• Eastern Health – 21
• Central Health – 14
• Labrador-Grenfell Health – 10
• Western Health – 1
To date, 289,370 tests have been administered.