Dr. Jennifer Russell updates the COVID-19 situation in New Brunswick, Photo courtesy: CPAC.
Public Health in New Brunswick reported eight new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday.
There are four cases in Zone 4 (Edmundston region), two cases in Zone 1 (Moncton region), one case in Zone 2 (Saint John region) and one case in Zone 6 (Bathurst region).
Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health, said there are 184 cases in the province that are variants of concern.
She said 180 are the U.K. variant and four are the South African variant, including two in the Saint John region and two in the Fredericton region.
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HALIFAX New Brunswick is keeping part of the northwest of the province under lockdown for another seven days to combat a high number of COVID-19 cases. New Brunswick s chief medical health officer says the Edmundston area will remain under lockdown for at least another week. Dr. Jennifer Russell says community transmission is still occurring in the third week of a COVID-19 outbreak in the region and cases are still rising, particularly among young people. Health Minister Dorothy Shephard said Thursday other parts of the northwest, including Grand Falls, Saint-Leonard and Drummond, will move from the red to the orange pandemic-alert level at midnight tonight, under which restaurant dining rooms, spas and fitness centres can reopen.