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.
Russell encourages anyone who has been in a public exposure area and is not showing symptoms to get tested.
Health Minister Dorothy Shephard stressed that the province is not sitting on doses of vaccine. She said all doses are spoken for and there’s a careful accounting of each dose that enters the province.
Meanwhile, the situation in the Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond, New Denmark and Four Falls areas of Zone 4 has improved enough to move to the Orange alert level beginning at midnight on April 15th.
Edmundston and Haut-Madawaska remain in lockdown until further notice. No travel is permitted in or out of the area unless necessary in the case of vaccinations, medical appointments, work or to purchase essential goods.
Saint-Quentin and Kedgwick in Zone 4 remain at the Yellow alert level along with all other zones and communities in the province.
There are 140 active cases in the province, including 104 in Zone 4, with nine more recoveries reported since Wednesday.
Public Health says 18 people are currently in the hospital, including 12 people in intensive care.
Exposure notifications were issued for the following locations in Edmundston:
- Walmart, 805 Victoria St., on Saturday, April 10, between noon and 1 p.m.
- Staples, 11 Centre Madawaska Blvd., on Saturday, April 10, between 11 a.m. and noon.
