Watch here: 9 new cases of COVID-19 in N.L., as vaccine passport start looms
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Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting nine new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, two days before the province's vaccine passports become mandatory for some non-essential activities.
Seven of the new cases are in the Eastern Health region, one is in Central Health, and one is in Western Health. All are contacts of previous cases, save one in Eastern Health which is under investigation.
"Delta is not done with us yet," said Dr. Rosann Seviour, the acting chief medical officer of health, at Wednesday afternoon's pandemic update, live streamed on the provincial government's YouTube page.
Two more deaths due to COVID-19 were reported in the last pandemic update, on Monday, raising the total number of deaths due to the virus to 15. Eight of those have occurred in the past month amid outbreaks in parts of central Newfoundland.
On Tuesday, Eastern Health advised there had been exposures to COVID-19 at the YMCA in Marystown, and asked anyone who had visited the centre on Thursday between 4 and 5:30 p.m., Friday between 3:30 and 6 p.m., and on Saturday between 1:30 and 4:30 p.m to seek testing.
Amid updates and exposure notices, people and organizations are readying themselves to adopt the passport system across Newfoundland and Labrador. But some people, including some new Canadians, are reporting struggles getting the necessary documentation as the system relies on MCP cards.
As of Monday there were 47 active cases in the province.
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