N.L. reports 25 new cases of COVID-19, adds 29 new recoveries

There are 25new cases of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador on Sunday, all within the Eastern Health region.

There is also one new presumptive positive case in the Labrador-Grenfell Health region. In a media release the Department of Health said the caseis a person who is military personnel andhas been in self-isolation since arrival.

Contact tracing is completed and there are no close contacts outside the person's self-isolating work contacts, the Health Department said.

"Public health has determined there is no risk to the region as a result of this case," reads Sunday's media release.

Four ofSunday's 25 new confirmed cases were previously presumptive positive cases. There is one outstandingpresumptive positive case awaiting confirmatory testing.

There have been 29 new recoveries in the Eastern Health region since Saturday's update. There are430 active cases in the province.

There are now three people in hospital due to COVID-19.

Public health says testing continues to be a top priority for in containing the spread of a recent outbreak linked to the coronavirus variant B117. The province's testing total has reached 107,797since Saturday's COVID-19 update, including986people tested in the last 24 hours.

Sunday's new cases by age:

• 13 under 20 years old.
• One between 20 and 39 years old.
• Six between 40 and 49 years old.
• Threebetween 50 and 59 years old.
• Two between 60 and 69 years old.

Public health is askingpassengers who travelled on Air Canada Flight 8773from St. John's to Montreal on Monday to arrange testing becauseof a confirmed case of COVID-19 in a traveller with the possibility of potential exposure on this flight.

"Anyone who travelled on this flight and is now back in Newfoundland and Labrador should arrange testing. The traveller is no longer in the province. This case is not related to any confirmed cases in Newfoundland and Labrador at this time," the Department of Health said.

Meanwhile,Eastern Health is recommending additional COVID-19 testing for everyone in the Mount Pearl Senior High community, regardless of if they have previously tested negative for the virus or do not currently have symptoms.

The health authority said they are concerned there may be people who have goneundiagnosed, or have developed symptoms since the initial testing blitz.

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