There are five new cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick on Tuesday, including a potential case of a variant.
The one case in Zone 1 (Moncton region) is as follows:
- an individual 60-69.
The two cases in Zone 3 (Fredericton region) are as follows:
- an individual 20-29; and
- an individual 60-69.
The two cases in Zone 4 (Edmundston region) are as follows:
- an individual 50-59; and
- an individual 60-69.
The province now has 41 active cases, and one patient is hospitalized.
A case found in Zone 4, the Edmundston region, was identified as a presumptive case of a variant by Moncton’s Dr. Georges-L-Dumont University Hospital Centre’s microbiology laboratory. A sample must be sent to Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Laboratory to be confirmed as a variant.
There was a confirmed case found at École Notre-Dame in Edmundston and members of the community have already been notified.
