Today, Monday, March 8th, Newfoundland and Labrador has 3 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Eastern Health region.
In the Eastern Health region:
• 1 between 40-49 years of age;
• 1 between 60-69 years of age; and
• 1 over the age of 70.
The new cases are contacts to previously announced cases.
Contact tracing by Public Health officials is underway. Anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.
There are no new or outstanding presumptive positive cases.
There are 84 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the 84 active cases is as follows:
• Eastern Health – 82
• Central Health – 0
• Labrador-Grenfell Health – 1
• Western Health – 1
There have been 6 new recoveries in the Eastern Health region meaning 915 people have recovered.
There are three people in hospital. All three are in intensive care.
To date, 116,238 people have been tested.