October 13, 2020
The Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services, and Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, Chief Medical Officer of Health, will hold a media availability tomorrow (Wednesday, October 14) at 2:00 p.m. to discuss COVID-19. The availability will be live-streamed on…
October 13, 2020
Today (Tuesday, October 13), Newfoundland and Labrador has no new confirmed cases of COVID-19. The province has eight active cases. Two hundred and seventy-one people have recovered from the virus. To date, 47,065 people have been tested. In Alert Level…
October 13, 2020
A contract valued at $5.1 million has been awarded to Moss Development Corp. to build a new six-bed mental health unit at the Labrador Health Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Construction will start in spring 2021 and the Department of…
October 12, 2020
Today (Monday, October 12), Newfoundland and Labrador has one new confirmed case of COVID-19. The one new confirmed case is a male in the Central Health region between 20-39 years of age. The new case is travel-related. The individual, a…
October 11, 2020
Today (Sunday, October 11), Newfoundland and Labrador has no new confirmed cases of COVID-19. The province has nine active cases. Two hundred and sixty-nine people have recovered from the virus. To date, 46,565 people have been tested. The Chief Medical…
October 10, 2020
Today (Saturday, October 10), Newfoundland and Labrador has three new confirmed cases of COVID-19. All three confirmed cases are females in the Western Health region under 19 years of age. The three new confirmed cases are close contacts of a…
October 9, 2020
Today (Friday, October 9), Newfoundland and Labrador has two new confirmed cases of COVID-19. One confirmed case is a female in the Western Health region between 40-49 years of age. This case is a close contact of a previous case….
October 9, 2020
As we learn to live with COVID-19, we are also learning how to adapt to celebrating holidays such as Thanksgiving. Gatherings this year will mean fewer guests, perhaps eating outdoors and physical distancing. As Newfoundlanders and Labradorians gather this weekend…
October 8, 2020
Today (Thursday, October 8), Newfoundland and Labrador has no new confirmed cases of COVID-19. The province has four active cases. Two hundred and sixty-nine people have recovered from the virus. To date, 45,591 people have been tested. In Alert Level…
October 8, 2020
The Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services, today announced that the Strongest Families Institute will receive $520,000 from the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Mental Health Promotion Innovation Fund to pilot a new, stepped-care model of their…
