Officials say visitor to Prince Edward Island tests positive for COVID-19

CHARLOTTETOWN – Public Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting one new case of COVID-19 today.

Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison says the latest case involves a man in his 60s who recently travelled outside Atlantic Canada.

She says the man is Canadian but not a resident of P.E.I. and says the case will not be officially counted in P.E.I.’s total case count.

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The man travelled on Air Canada Flight AC8302 from Montreal to Charlottetown on Feb. 3.

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Anyone who travelled on that flight is isolating and asked to monitor for symptoms.

Prince Edward Island has three active reported cases of COVID-19 and has reported a total of 113 infections.

(The Canadian Press)