4 New Cases of COVID-19 in NL

Newfoundland and Labrador has four new confirmed cases of COVID-19.

The four new cases are in the Eastern Health and Central Health regions. Contact tracing by public health officials is underway. Everyone considered a close contact will be advised to quarantine.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the province to 232. The regional breakdown of the 232 total cases is as follows: Eastern Health: 219 Central Health: 6 Labrador-Grenfell Health: 6 Western Health: 1 By age, we have 20 people 19 years old and under, 34 between 20-39, 33 between 40-49, 51 between 50-59, 50 between 60-69, and 44 who are 70 years old and above.

Six people are in the hospital due to the virus. Of these patients, two are in intensive care.

Seventy-four people have now recovered. There have been two deaths from COVID-19. To date, 4,149 people have been tested.