COVID-19 Update

TODAY, Wednesday, March 3rd, Newfoundland and Labrador has 3 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.

The 3 new confirmed cases, which are all under investigation by Public Health, are as follows:

In the Eastern Health region:

• 2 between 20-29 years of age; and
• One between 50-59 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 149 active cases of COVID-19.

The regional breakdown of the 149 active cases are as follows:

• Eastern Health-147
• Central Health-0
• Labrador-Grenfell Health-2
• Western Health-0

There have been 56 new recoveries in the Eastern Health region. There has been one new recovery in the Western Health region. This means 838 people have recovered.

There are nine people in hospital.

To date, 113,503 people have been tested.