Today, Wednesday, June 15, Newfoundland and Labrador has two new confirmed cases of COVID-19. Contact tracing by Public Health is underway and anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.
The first new confirmed case is a male in the Labrador-Grenfell Health region between 20-39 years of age. The case is related to travel within Canada.
The second new confirmed case is a female in the Western Health region between 60-69 years of age. The case is a contact of a previous case and is connected to the cluster in the Western Health region.
There are no new recoveries in the Western Health region, 1,329 people have recovered and there is no one in hospital due to COVID-19.
There are 41 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the 41 active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 3
· Central Health – 11
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 1
· Western Health – 26
To date, 155,062 people have been tested.