One person is in hospital, and 174,195 tests have been conducted, including 1,487 since Sunday s report.
As of Monday, Public Health has received 11,175 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and administered 7,732 doses, with 3,443 held for the second of two required doses.
A total of 2,567 New Brunswickers are fully vaccinated so far.
In a news release Monday afternoon, Dr. Jennifer Russell, the chief medical officer of health, warned that although New Brunswick cannot shut COVID-19 out completely, we must do everything we can to prevent it from spreading within our province. We have kept the avalanche of cases out of New Brunswick so far. We must act now to keep this virus from doing even more damage than we are already seeing, especially with transmission now in workplaces.
Classes were cancelled on Thursday after a case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the school community.
In a letter to parents, principal JoEllen Jensen says custodial staff worked all day to disinfect classrooms and common areas.
“It’s a super important time to keep those masks up over noses, practice physical distancing and wash those hands,” Jensen wrote.
“I highly recommend downloading the COVID-19 app on your phones, as we saw that in action today. It works.”
Students in the M-to-Z cohort will return to class Friday while all other students will learn virtually.
Public Health said unless you have been contacted directly by them, you have not been identified as a close contact of the confirmed case.
Courtesy Anglophone East School District (ASD-E)
Edith Cavell School in Moncton will be closed on Friday, January 15 for a third day of at-home learning.
Public Health is continuing to do contact tracing after two cases of COVID-19 were identified at the school this week.
The first case was announced late Tuesday while the second case was revealed late Wednesday.
Through social media, the school says teachers will continue to touch base with students regarding their at-home packages or work on Microsoft Teams.
To our students who normally use our school food programs: Student food boxes full of breakfast and snack items will…
New Brunswick reported 25 new cases of COVID-19 and 15 more recoveries on Friday.
There are six new cases in the Edmundston health region (Zone 4) while the Saint John (Zone 2) and Fredericton (Zone 3) regions each have five new cases.
The Moncton (Zone 1) and Campbellton (Zone 5) regions each reported four new cases and there is one additional case in the Bathurst region (Zone 6).
New Brunswick now has 256 known active cases across the province. Four people are in the hospital, including one person in intensive care.
Meanwhile, most students at Kennebecasis Valley High School in Quispamsis have returned to their regular schedules after a confirmed case was reported Thursday. A few groups continue to learn from home.
HALIFAX New Brunswick is reporting 25 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. Fifteen previously reported cases are now considered recovered, increasing the number of active cases in the province to 256, the largest number of active cases in the province since the pandemic began. On Friday, New Brunswick Health reported four cases in Zone 1 (Moncton region), five cases in Zone 2 (Saint John region), five cases in Zone 3 (Fredericton region), six cases in Zone 4 (Edmundston region), four cases in Zone 5 (Campbellton region), and one case in Zone 6 (Bathurst region) The four cases case in Zone 1 (Moncton) involve: Three people in their 30s