The province is delaying a move to step 3 of its opening plan due to rising numbers of COVID-19 in the Atlantic Region and the fourth wave in the country.
There were ten new confirmed cases in the province yesterday.
Three of those were in the Central region, and were all related to travel. Two in the Eastern region, both of which was under investigation, one case in Western is a previous positive and four cases in the Labrador Grenfell Health all of which were contacts of a previous case. There also 2 presumptive cases at the Labrador Grenfell Health.
There are now 49 confirmed cases in the province with one person in the hospital.
Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says officials were monitoring the fourth wave closely and may reintroduce certain travel restrictions if necessary.
In the meantime, she says the move to Step 3 of the provinces’ re-opening plan is on hold, but will “proceed” when it is safe to do so.
Courtesy VOCM News.