Today (Tuesday, December 8), Newfoundland and Labrador has one new confirmed case of COVID-19.
The one new confirmed case is a male in the Eastern Health region between 50-59 years of age.
The case is travel-related. The individual, a resident of Newfoundland and Labrador, returned to the province from work in the Northwest Territories.
The individual is self-isolating and contact tracing by Public Health officials is complete.
Newfoundland and Labrador has 28 active cases of COVID-19.
There has been one recovery in the Western Health region since yesterday’s public advisory. This means 320 people have recovered from the virus.
No one is in hospital due to the virus.
To date, 64,967 people have been tested.