Today, Monday, November 15, Newfoundland and Labrador has two 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 Central Health region:
· One under 20 years of age; and
· One between 60-69 years of age.
There is one female and one male. One is a contact of a previously known case and one is related to travel within Canada.
Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting its seventeenth 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 11 new recoveries, three in the Eastern Health region and eight in the Central Health region and 1,972 people have recovered. There is one person in hospital because of COVID-19.
There are currently 31 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 1
· Central Health – 13
· 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.