TODAY, Tuesday, March 9th, Newfoundland and Labrador has one new confirmed case of COVID-19.
The one new confirmed case is a male in the Eastern Health region under 20 years of age.
The individual is a close contact of a previous known case.
Contact tracing by Public Health officials is underway. Anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.
There are no new or outstanding presumptive positive cases.
There are 80 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.
The regional breakdown of the 80 active cases is as follows:
• Eastern Health – 78
• Central Health – 0
• Labrador-Grenfell Health – 1
• Western Health – 1
There have been five new recoveries in the Eastern Health region. This means 920 people have recovered.
There are three people in hospital. All three are in intensive care.
To date, 116,957 people have been tested.