Today, Monday, October 25, Newfoundland and Labrador has 36 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last public advisory.
In the Eastern Health region:
· Twenty-three under 20 years of age;
· Four between 20-39 years of age;
· One between 40-49 years of age;
· Three between 50-59 years of age;
· Two between 60-69 years of age; and
· Two 70 years of age and over.
There are 17 females and 18 males. Twelve cases are contacts of previous known cases, one case is related to travel within Canada and 22 are under investigation.
In the Central Health region:
· One between 20-39 years of age.
The case is a female and a contact of a previous known case.
Contact tracing by Public Health is underway and anyone considered a close contact has been advised regarding quarantine according to current guidelines.
There have been eight new recoveries, one in the Eastern Health region, five in the Central Health region and two in the Western Health region and 1,852 people have recovered. There is one person in hospital because of COVID-19. There are no new presumptive positive cases in the province.
There are currently 90 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 74
· Central Health – 13
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
· Western Health – 3
To date, 330,497 tests have been administered.