One New Case of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador

Today (Thursday, April 8), Newfoundland and Labrador has one new confirmed case of COVID-19.

The one new confirmed case is a female in the Eastern Health region between 40-49 years of age. The case is under investigation.

Contact tracing by Public Health officials is underway. Anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.

There are five active cases of COVID-19 in the province.

The regional breakdown of the five active cases is as follows:
• Eastern Health – 2
• Central Health – 1
• Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
• Western Health – 2

There are no new recoveries and 1,007 people have recovered. No one is in hospital due to COVID-19.

To date, 126,025 people have been tested. People can check their COVID-19 test results online here.

There are no new presumptive positive cases.