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One more person has died from COVID-19 in New Brunswick. Public Health announced Wednesday that a person in their 90’s from the Bathurst region died with the disease. 43 people in New Brunswick have died as a result of COVID-19.

Public Health also reported 8 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday. One case is in a New Brunswicker isolating outside the province, and all cases have been traced to travel or contact with previous cases.

The Fredericton region had the lion’s share of new cases, with 6, in people ranging from under 19 to over 70. The Fredericton area also had another school close due to a related COVID case, and additional potential public exposure notifications.

Provincewide, seven people are in hospital with COVID-19, and three of those are in an intensive care unit.

There are now 116 active cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswickers, and 19 of those cases are isolating outside the province.

Zone 1 had no new cases for the third day in a row, and now has 17 active cases of COVID-19.

In testing, across the province there were just under 1800 tests conducted on Tuesday, with over one third— 629 tests—conducted in Zone 1.

IN THE REST OF THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES:

PEI had an unusually high number of new cases to announce on Wednesday. Five more people on the island have COVID-19, bringing the total of active cases up to 14. The good news is that all cases have been traced to travel or previous cases.

Over in Nova Scotia, 83 new cases were reported yesterday, but with many more recoveries, the active case count in that province dropped down to 1262. However, more people are in hospital: 101 people as of Wednesday, with 20 of those in an ICU.

One more person in the Cumberland Health Network recovered, dropping the active case count in that region to 11.

Despite the dropping numbers, Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin announced on Wednesday that schools in the province would remain online until the end of the year, and that current restrictions in place would be extended until at least the second week of June.

In Newfoundland and Labrador, just three new cases were reported Wednesday, all traced to travel or previous cases. With recoveries, there are now 78 active cases of COVID-19 in that province.

IN VACCINE NEWS:

The Tantramar Civic Centre hosted another vaccination clinic yesterday, and one more is scheduled for next week, but that may be the last clinic held in Sackville. Volunteers assisting with the local vaccination clinics have been told that there will be no clinics scheduled in Sackville in June.

CHMA has reached out the Department of Health and Vitalité Health Network to confirm.

Yesterday, nearly 10,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were reported administered in the province.