TODAY, Wednesday, February 24th, Newfoundland and Labrador has 8 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.
The 8 new confirmed cases are as follows:
In the Eastern Health region:
• 3 under the age of 20
• 4 between 40-49 years of age; and
• 1 between 50-59 year of age;
Contact tracing by Public Health officials is underway. Anyone considered a close contact will be advised to quarantine.
There have been no new presumptive positive cases since yesterday, and there are no outstanding presumptive cases.
There are 345 active cases of COVID-19.
The regional breakdown of the 345 active cases is as follows:
• Eastern Health-336
• Central Health-4
• Labrador-Grenfell Health-1
• Western Health-4
There have been 34 new recoveries in the Eastern Health region since yesterday. This means 576 people have recovered from the virus.
Six people are in hospital. Of these patients, two are in intensive care.
To date, 110,176 people have been tested.
The press conference is still ongoing and we will keep you up to date.