Today, November 8, Newfoundland and Labrador has nine 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:
· One between 40-49 years of age;
· Two between 60-69 years of age; and
· One 70 years of age and older.
There are three females and one male. Two are contacts of previously known cases, one is related to travel within Canada and one is under investigation.
In the Central Health region:
· Two between 40-49 years of age;
· Two between 50-59 years of age; and
· One between 60-69 years of age.
There are two females and three males. Three are contacts of previously known cases and two are related to travel within Canada.
There have been 25 new recoveries, 24 in the Eastern Health region and one in the Western Health region and 1,953 people have recovered. There is one person in hospital because of COVID-19.
There are currently 36 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 23
· Central Health – 11
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
· Western Health – 2
The number of tests that have been administered is not available at this time due to the ongoing IT outage.