COVID-19 Update

TODAY, Monday, March 1st, Newfoundland and Labrador has 2 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.

The 2 new confirmed cases are as follows:

In the Eastern Health region:

· 2 under 20 years of age;

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 236 active cases of COVID-19.

There have been 27 new recoveries in the Eastern Health region. This means 743 people have recovered.

There are 11 people in hospital.

To date, 112,932 people have been tested.