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  HALIFAX -- New Brunswick is reporting seven new COVID-19 cases Monday, as well as its first case of the B.1.617 variant, originally identified in India. The variant is in Zone 3 (Fredericton region) and is connected to a previously reported case. “With the arrival of this more aggressive variant, now more than ever, New Brunswickers must be vigilant and follow all Public Health measures to reduce the spread and protect our health-care system,” Dr. Jennifer Russell, chief medical officer of health, said in a release. The Dr. Georges-L-Dumont University Hospital Centre’s microbiol...

New Brunswick is reporting four new COVID-19 cases as of Sunday.

New Brunswick reports 1 death, 8 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday Aya Al-Hakim © Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press A person wears a face mask on a street in Montreal, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. New Brunswick confirmed Saturday the death of a person in their 70s in the Edmundston region due to COVID-19. This brings the total number of COVID-related deaths in the province to 35. N.B. implements mandatory hotel isolation Replay Video The province has also announced eight new cases of the virus. One case is in Zone 1 (Moncton region) and two cases in Zone 2 (Saint John region). Both...

New Brunswick is reporting a new COVID-19-related death Saturday, and eight new cases.

  HALIFAX -- In what New Brunswick’s top doctor describes as a "troubling trend," the province is reporting 16 new COVID-19 cases Friday – most of them related to travel. In turn, the province has announced new mandatory measures, including setting up isolation hotels. "During a pandemic, all travel is inherently risky," said Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, in Friday’s briefing. "Travel for leisure is a risk nobody should be taking, and yet, it’s still happening." Eight of Friday’s new cases are in the Bathurst region (Zone 6), all relate...