Today, October 27, 2021, Newfoundland and Labrador has 20 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last public advisory. Contact tracing by Public Health is underway and anyone considered a close contact has been advised regarding quarantine according to current guidelines.
In the Eastern Health region:
· Six under 20 years of age;
· Four between 20-39 years of age;
· Two between 40-49 years of age;
· One between 50-59 years of age; and
· Three between 60-69 years of age.
There are 10 females and six males and all cases are contacts of previous known cases.
In the Central Health region:
· One under 20 years of age; and
· Two between 60-69 years of age.
There are two females and one male. One is a contact of a previous known case and two are under investigation.
In the Western Health region:
· One between 50-59 years of age.
The case is a female and is a contact of a previous known case.
Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting its sixteenth death from COVID-19. The individual, a male from the Central Health region, was 70 years of age and older. The department is sending its condolences to this individual’s family and asks everyone to respect the family’s privacy at this time.
There have been nine new recoveries, five in the Eastern Health region, three in the Central Health region and one in the Western Health region and 1,860 people have recovered. There is one person in hospital because of COVID-19. There is one new presumptive positive case in the province.
There are currently 101 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 85
· Central Health – 13
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
· Western Health – 3
To date, 332,309 tests have been administered.