Today, November 12, Newfoundland and Labrador has six 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:
· One between 40-49 years of age.
The case is a female and is a contact of a previously known case.
In the Central Health region:
· One under 20 years of age;
· One between 20-39 years of age; and
· Three between 60-69 years of age.
There are four females and one male and all are contacts of previously known cases.
There have been seven new recoveries, six in the Eastern Health region and one in the Central Health region and 1,962 people have recovered. There is one person in hospital because of COVID-19.
There are currently 40 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 19
· Central Health – 19
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
· Western Health – 2
The number of tests that have been administered is not available at this time due to the ongoing IT outage.