1 Case of COVID-19 in Western Health

On Friday there was one new case of COVID-19. The new case is located in Western Health and the individual is a close contact of a previously known case. The individual is a member of the same household.

The individual is self-isolating and contact tracing is complete.

The investigation into the source of the infection for the cluster in the Eastern Health region is ongoing. There are six confirmed cases associated with the cluster.

Testing by the Public Health and Microbiology Laboratory is ongoing for the presumptive positive case of COVID-19 reported on Thursday.

Currently, there are 14 active cases and no one in hospital.

So far, 81,594 people have been tested.