Today, Monday, October 18, Newfoundland and Labrador has eight new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last public advisory.
In the Eastern Health region:
· One between 20-39 years of age.
The case is a female and is under investigation.
In the Central Health region:
· Two between 40-49 years of age.
The cases are females and are contacts of previous known cases.
In the Western Health region:
· One between 40-49 years of age; and
· Four between 60-69 years of age.
There are two females and three males. One case is related to travel within Canada, three cases are contacts of previous known cases and one case is under investigation.
Contact tracing by Public Health is underway and anyone considered a close contact has been advised regarding quarantine according to current guidelines.
Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting its fourteenth and fifteenth deaths from COVID-19. There is one male from the Central Health region between 50-59 years of age and one female in the Central Health region 70 years of age and older. The department is sending its condolences to the families of these individuals and asks everyone to respect these families privacy at this time.
There have been 12 new recoveries, one in the Eastern Health region, 10 in the Central Health region and one in the Labrador-Grenfell region and 1,820 people have recovered. There are six people in hospital because of COVID-19, four in non-critical care and two in critical care. There are no new presumptive positive cases in the province.
There are currently 47 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 15
· Central Health – 26
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
· Western Health – 6
To date, 323,866 tests have been administered.