7 New COVID-19 Cases Reported

On Thursday Newfoundland and Labrador reported seven new confirmed cases of COVID-19. There are four in the Eastern Health region and three in the Central Health region.

Two of the cases are close contacts of a previous case. Five are related to travel within Canada.

There is no one in hospital due to COVID-19.

Currently, there are 82 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. 137,572 people have been tested.

Public Health is asking passengers who travelled on the flights listed below to arrange COVID-19 testing.

• Air Canada Flight 8016 that departed Montreal and arrived in St. John’s on Tuesday, May 11.

• Air Canada Flight 7540 that departed Toronto and arrived in Deer Lake on Tuesday, May 11.

The Department of Health and Community Services is advising rotational workers about identified COVID-19 outbreaks at worksites in Alberta. They are:

• CIVEO Athabasca Lodge

• Energy Transfer Canada Kaybob South 3 Processing Plant

• RCCC West Kakwa Lodge

• Tamarack Valley Energy Drilling Rig Nipisi

• Wapasu Creek Lodge