Today, Thursday, June 10, Newfoundland and Labrador has five new confirmed cases of COVID-19.
The first new confirmed case is a male in the Eastern Health region between 40-49 years of age. The case is related to travel within Canada.
The second new confirmed case is a female in the Central Health region under 20 years of age. The case is a contact of a previous case.
The third, fourth and fifth new confirmed cases are in the Western Health region under 20 years of age. The cases are a contact of a previous case and are connected to the cluster in the Western Health region.
Contact tracing by Public Health is underway and anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.
There are seven new recoveries, six in the Central Health region and one in the Western Health region and 1,303 people have recovered.
There is no one in hospital due to COVID-19.
There are 51 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the 51 active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 5
· Central Health – 13
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
· Western Health – 33
To date, 152,327 people have been tested.