The province is reporting a small cluster of cases in the Western Health region with nine new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today.
All but two of the new confirmed cases are in the Western Health region.
One of the cases is in the Eastern Health region and is a contact of a previous case, while another is in the Central Health region and is related to travel in Canada.
The other seven cases are all in the Western Health region. One is related to travel in Canada while the other six are all contacts of a previous case.
All identified cases are isolating and Western Health is conducting contact tracing. The source of the cluster is under investigation.
Public Health officials say unlike the cluster in the Mount Pearl area back in February, a large portion of the population is now fully vaccinated, and changes how officials manage contacts of cases.
Testing and isolation now takes vaccination status into consideration. There are currently 21 active cases of the virus in the province.
Public Health Lists Possible Exposure Sites in Central
Public Health has issued a series of advisories as part of an ongoing investigation into a case of COVID-19 in the Central region.
Anyone who has visited any of the following locations on the dates identified is asked to call 811 to arrange for COVID testing.
- Mary Brown’s, 110 Trans-Canada Highway, Gander on August 24 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m
- Valley Restaurant, 19 Cromer Ave, Grand Falls-Windsor on August 26 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Reitmans, 19 Cromer Ave, Grand Falls-Windsor on August 26 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- SportChek, 19 Cromer Ave, Grand Falls-Windsor on August 26 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Samuel & Co., 19 Cromer Ave, Grand Falls-Windsor on August 26 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Sobeys, 21 Cromer Ave, Grand Falls-Windsor on:
- August 24 from 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
- August 25 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- August 28 from 2:40 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Dominion, 17 Cromer Ave, Grand Falls-Windsor on August 28 from 2:40 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Canadian Tire, 1 Cohen Place, Grand Falls-Windsor on August 28 from 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
