Today (Thursday, March 4), Newfoundland and Labrador have five new confirmed cases of COVID-19.
The five new confirmed cases are as follows:
In the Eastern Health region:
• One between 40-49 years of age;
• Two between 50-59 years of age; and,
• One between 60-69 years of age.
Three of the cases in the Eastern Health region are close contacts of previous known cases, while one case is related to domestic travel.
One of the cases in the Eastern Health region is also a health care worker at the Trepassey Community Health Clinic. Contact tracing by Public Health officials is underway. Anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.
In the Western Health region:
• One between 20-39 years of age.
The case in the Western Health region is related to international travel.
Contact tracing by Public Health officials is underway. Anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.
There are four females and one male.
There are no new or outstanding presumptive positive cases.
There are 121 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.
The regional breakdown of the 121 active cases is as follows:
• Eastern Health – 118
• Central Health – 0
• Labrador-Grenfell Health – 2
• Western Health – 1
There have been 33 new recoveries in the Eastern Health region. This means 871 people have recovered.
There are eight people in hospital. Of these patients, two are in intensive care.
To date, 113,929 people have been tested.