N.L. reports 1 new case of COVID-19 on Thursday, unrelated to Labrador case

Newfoundland and Labradoris recording a new case of COVID-19 on Thursday.

In a media release issued shortly after 5 p.m., the province's Department of Health said the new case is in the Central Health region, and is not related to the case reported a day ago in the Labrador-GrenfellHealth region.

The new case is a female between 20 and 39 years old. The case is travel related where the woman, who is a resident of the province, was returning home from Alberta.

She has been self-isolating since her arrival.

The new casepushes the province's active caseloadto three.

In total,42,556 people have been tested as of Thursday, an increase of 549 in the last day.

The total cases recovered remains 269, and the total caseload is now 275.

It's the first time since Aug. 4 Newfoundland and Labrador has had more than two active cases.

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