The Province is Reporting 7 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 (Dated Feb.15)

TODAY, Monday, February 15th, Newfoundland and Labrador has 7 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.

In the Eastern Health region:
• 1 under 20 years of age
• 1 between 40-49 years of age
• 2 between 60-69 years of age
• 2 over the age of 70

In the Western Health region:
• 1 between 5-59 years of age
The case is travel-related.

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

There are 302 active cases of COVID-19.

The regional breakdown of the 302 active cases is as follows:
• Eastern Health-295
• Central Health-4
• Labrador-Grenfell Health-0
• Western Health-6

There have been 5 new recoveries since yesterday. This means 399 people have recovered from the virus.

There is one person in the hospital due to COVID-19.

To date, 92,874 people have been tested.