It has now been five days without a positive case, but health officials warn that we are still a ways from returning to “normal.”
With over 6,600 tests administered, there have been no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador since April 17.
The single case reported on Saturday, April 18, turned out to be a clerical error. The last positive cases reported in the province were on Friday, April 17.
That brings the total number of cases in Newfoundland and Labrador to 256, with 199 people recovered.
That’s led to questions surrounding how and when public health measures will be relaxed. Determining how that’s done, says Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, is more important than putting the measures in place.
She says that does not mean that things will return to “normal,” nor the way they were before the pandemic.
In the meantime, a COVID-19 outbreak in the Alberta oilsands at Kearl Lake has raised serious concerns in this province. People from Newfoundland and Labrador work at the site.
As of yesterday, 20 cases had been reported at the work camp, with reports of the virus spreading to other provinces.
Dr. Fitzgerald says workers returning to the province from Kearl Lake must self-isolate whether they test positive or not.
