Today, Friday, November 5, Newfoundland and Labrador has eight 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 Eastern Health region:
· Two under 20 years of age; and
· One between 50-59 years of age.
There are two females and one male. All cases are contacts of previously known cases.
In the Central Health region:
· One between 20-39 years of age;
· One between 40-49 years of age; and
· One 70 years of age and older.
There is one female and two males. Two are contacts of previously known cases and one is under investigation.
In the Western Health region:
· Two between 50-59 years of age.
There is one female and one male. One is a contact of a previously known case and one is under investigation.
There have been 16 new recoveries, 15 in the Eastern Health region and one in the Western Health region and 1,928 people have recovered. There is one person in hospital because of COVID-19.
There are currently 52 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 43
· Central Health – 6
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
· Western Health – 3
The number of tests that have been administered is not available at this time due to the ongoing IT outage.