COVID-19 Update

TODAY, Tuesday, March 2nd, Newfoundland and Labrador has 5 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.

The 5 new confirmed cases are as follows:

In the Eastern Health region:

• One between 40-49 years of age;
• One between 50-59 years of age; and;
• Two 70 years of age and above

Contact tracing by Public Health officials is underway. Anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.

The case in the Labrador-Grenfell Health region is a health care worker at the Charles S. Curtis Memorial Hospital in St. Anthony. All close contacts have been identified and are in quarantine. All close contacts will be tested for COVID-19. No patients have been identified as close contacts at this time.

There are four females and one male.

There are no new or outstanding presumptive positive cases.

There are nine people in hospital. Of these patients, five are in intensive care.

To date, 113,258 people have been tested.