New Brunswick has reported two new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total active cases in the province to six.
However, one of those new cases is actually recovering in Ontario. The province says a Fredericton area resident was in Ontario when he tested positive for COVID-19, and will remain there until recovered.
The other case is in someone in their 60’s in the Southeast region. That case is also related to travel outside the Atlantic bubble.
Contact tracing is also underway in New Brunswick for a newly reported case in a Quebec resident who works in the Campbellton region.
No other new cases were reported in the Atlantic provinces yesterday.
That leaves the Atlantic provinces with 9 active cases of COVID-19, plus an additional probable case in Nova Scotia.
In central and western Canada, significant numbers of new daily cases continue.
1,341 cases were reported across the country yesterday. Quebec led the pack with nearly 600 new cases of COVID-19. Ontario reported about 400 new cases, and Alberta and BC roughly 150 each.
There are over 11,000 active cases of COVID-19 in Canada.
Worldwide, there are 7.4 million active cases of COVID-19, with one third of those, or 2.5 million, in the United States.
The New Brunswick government is tightening the interprovincial bubble near Campbellton.
Due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in Avignon Municipal Regional County in Quebec, the provincial government will now limit day trips from that region to only residents of the Listuguj First Nation and Pointe-à-la-Croix, near Campbellton.
The new rule goes into effect at noon today.
Travel for non-essential purposes from elsewhere in Avignon is no longer permitted. Travel for work, medical care or child care/custody continues to be permitted.
Premier Blaine Higgs says there are currently no confirmed cases in Listuguj First Nation or Pointe-à-la-Croix and that leadership in both communities are taking precautions as well.
