N.L. reports 9 new COVID cases as active case count drops to 40
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Newfoundland and Labrador has nine new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, as reported by the province's Department of Health in a media release.
Eight of the nine cases are located in the Eastern Health region. Four are related to domestic or international travel, while the other four are contacts of previously known cases. Seven of the cases are men and women between the ages of 20 and 39, while one case is a woman over the age of 70. The other new confirmed case is in the Western Health region of Newfoundland, a male under the age of 20 connected to a previous case. There is also one new presumptive case in the Labrador-Grenfell region. The province reported 14 new recoveries since the last COVID-19 update, bringing the number of active cases down to 40. One person is in hospital due to COVID-19. The department says it continues to monitor three COVID-19 clusters in Newfoundland and Labrador. There are 15 confirmed cases connected to a cluster in the Labrador-Grenfell region as contact tracing continues.
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