The Telegram (St. John's)

One new case reported in province Thursday

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Another day, another single case of COVID-19 reported in Newfoundla­nd and Labrador.

Following a single case of COVID-19 reported Wednesday, the lone case reported in the daily COVID-19 update on Thursday is a woman between 20-39 years old in the Central Health region.

The case is a close contact of a previously reported case in the area and is not connected to the cluster in the Lewisporte area.

Contact tracing by Public Health is underway and anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.

All four recoveries reported Thursday are in the Western Health region, making a total of 1,340 recoveries.

As of Thursday, there were 32 active cases of COVID-19 in the province: four in the Eastern Health region; 10 in Central Health; 17 in Western Health; and one in Labradorgr­enfell Health.

Two people are in the hospital with COVID-19 after being admitted since Wednesday.

The source of infection of the clusters in central (Lewisporte area) and western (Stephenvil­le-port au Port area) Newfoundla­nd are still under investigat­ion.

A case reported Wednesday, June 9 in the Central Health region and a case reported Wednesday, June 9 in the Western Health region also remain under investigat­ion.

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