Today, Thursday, March 11, Newfoundland and Labrador have 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 individual is a close contact of a previous known case.
Contact tracing by Public Health officials is underway. Anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.
There are 68 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.
The regional breakdown of the 68 active cases is as follows:
• Eastern Health – 66
• Central Health – 0
• Labrador-Grenfell Health – 1
• Western Health – 1
There have been seven new recoveries in the Eastern Health region. This means 933 people have recovered.
There are three people in hospital, two are in intensive care and to date, 119,054 people have been tested.
There are no new presumptive positive cases.