Today, Friday, October 29, Newfoundland and Labrador has eight 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:
· Three under 20 years of age; and
· Two between 20-39 years of age.
There are three females and two males and all cases are contacts of previously known cases.
In the Central Health region:
· One between 20-39 years of age;
· One between 50-59 years of age; and
· One 70 years of age and older.
There is one female and two males and all cases are contacts of previously known cases.
There have been 10 new recoveries, six in the Eastern Health region and four in the Central Health region and 1,870 people have recovered. There is one person in hospital because of COVID-19.
There are currently 99 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 84
· Central Health – 12
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
· Western Health – 3
To date, 334,272 tests have been administered.