Chief Medical Officer of Health Jennifer Russell and Premier Blaine Higgs will give a COVID-19 briefing this afternoon at 2:30pm. Tune in online at this link.
New Brunswick Public Health reported 15 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday afternoon. Four of those cases are in Zone 1, the Moncton region, and just one of those has been traced to a previously confirmed case. The other three cases are under investigation.
The rest of New Brunswick’s new cases are all in the Fredericton area, with ten being traced to previous cases, and just one remaining under investigation.
Another school in Fredericton has been closed for two days as a result of a connected case, and Public Health added to a long list of potential public exposure sites in the region.
There are now 134 active cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick, and 16 of those are in Zone 1.
Across the border in Nova Scotia, another two cases were reported in the Cumberland Health Network, which may be connected to the potential public exposure notices issued for Amherst.
On Saturday the Nova Scotia Health Authority published notices for the Amherst Kent Building Supplies and Amherst Walmart. The exposures happened over various times from May 13 to 19.
The locations are “considered low risk” and people who were at these location during the times specified are encouraged to get tested, but no isolation is required, unless of course they have symptoms.
The Cumberland Health Network now has ten active cases, eight of which have been reported in the past week.
Across Nova Scotia, the number of new cases dropped on Monday to 49. With more recoveries, the active case count in the province is down to 894.
PEI announced no new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, and has 15 active cases of the disease.
In Newfoundland and Labrador, there were five new cases reported Monday, and a total of 89 active cases. A cluster of cases in the province’s central health zone continues to grow, and the source of it is still under investigation.