Today (Friday, June 4), 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 female in the Western Health region between 40-49 years of age. The case is a contact of a previous case. This case is connected to the cluster in the Western Health region.
The second new confirmed case is a male in the Western Health region between 40-49 years of age. The case is under investigation.
There are 12 new recoveries, ten in the Central Health region and two in the Western Health region and 1,252 people have recovered. There is one person in hospital due to COVID-19.
There are 80 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the 80 active cases is as follows:
· Eastern Health – 12
· Central Health – 34
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
· Western Health – 34
To date, 149,322 people have been tested.