Fifteen of the cases were in the Edmundston region (Zone 4), two were in the Fredericton region (Zone 3), and there was one each in the Moncton (Zone 1) and Saint John (Zone 2) health regions.
Officials also announced the province’s 33rd COVID-related death involving a person in their 70s in the Edmundston region.
Dr. Jennifer Russell, the chief medical officer of health, said Public Health is assuming all new cases of COVID-19 are the new “highly infectious” variants going forward.
Russell said these variants are in Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia and are straining Public Health resources, particularly in New Brunswick’s Zone 4.