Dr. Jennifer Russell, the province's chief medical officer of health (Photo: File photo/Government of New Brunswick/YouTube)
Provincial health authorities announced Saturday there are no new COVID-19 cases confirmed in the province.
Of the 112 cases confirmed to date, 70 people have now recovered — up from 60 recovered cases on Friday.
Five New Brunswickers are in hospital for conditions related to the virus, with three patients remaining in intensive care.
In a release issued by the province, Dr. Jennifer Russell, chief medical officer of health, said despite the lack of new cases, it is still too early to relax existing physical distancing or stay-at-home measures.
“We do not want to become complacent and then find ourselves losing ground to this highly contagious disease,” she said. “I know it is difficult but please keep doing what you are doing because it is clearly making a difference.”
Below is a breakdown of the number of confirmed cases and the number of tests done to date in each health zone:
- Zone 1 (Moncton region): 23 cases/2,459 tests
- Zone 2 (Saint John region): 24 cases/1,504 tests
- Zone 3 (Fredericton region): 45 cases/1,806 tests
- Zone 4 (Edmundston region): 7 cases/609 tests
- Zone 5 (Campbellton region): 10 cases/355 tests
- Zone 6 (Bathurst region): 1 case/678 tests
- Zone 7 (Miramichi region): 2 cases/272 tests
- Total: 112 cases/7,683 tests
