NB reports six new cases of COVID-19.More cases confirmed at school

Halifax-New Brunswick reported six new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the number of active cases to 94.

Four of the new cases are in the St. John area (Zone 2) and two are in the Moncton area (Zone 1).

The four cases in Zone 2 (St. John region) are:

• 2 people under 19 years old

• One in his twenties

• One in his thirties

Both cases in Zone 1 (Moncton area) involve individuals in their twenties.

All cases are self-isolating and under investigation.

To date, 451 cases have been identified in New Brunswick, 350 have recovered, and 94 active cases remain in the state.

New Brunswick Health on Monday Seventh death by state COVID-19 It involves a person in his 80s who died on Monday in Zone 2 (St. John’s area) as a result of underlying complications, including COVID-19.

No one is currently in the hospital because of COVID-19.

As of Tuesday, New Brunswick Public Health had conducted 117,588 tests on COVID-19.

The state confirmed 108 new cases in November, with most new cases in a month following 143 new cases in October.

Positive cases at 7 schools and 2 child care centers

As of Monday night, a total of seven schools were affected by positive cases and potential exposure in Zones 2 and 3 of New Brunswick.

There were also two childcare centers affected this week, announced Tuesday, Dominic Cardy, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development in New Brunswick.

Some students from at least four of those schools will learn from home for the time being.

“Hampton Middle School and Lakefield Elementary School in Zone 2, Center Building School and Montgomery Street School in Zone 3 have weeks of classes, which will be studied from home in the next two weeks,” Cardy said. Said in the news on Tuesday. update.

Nonetheless, Cardy says students who are not otherwise instructed should continue to go to school.

“I think it’s a very stressful time, but I haven’t seen any evidence of student-to-student transmission at school so far. Students need to stay in school unless public health contacts them. There is. ” Cardy.

On Sunday, positive cases of COVID-19 were confirmed at the Montgomery Street School in Fredericton and the Center Building School in Center Building.

Public health was reported by schools to the community, “no school-to-student transmission has been confirmed in any school,” the state said in a news release. “If you or your family are in close contact with these cases, public health will notify you about contact tracking. Without direct contact from public health, you are not identified as a close contact. “

Potential exposure list

New Brunswick Public Health identified two potential public health in the Monkton area on Tuesday.

• RD Maclean Co. Ltd., November 16th, 17th and 18th, 9 am-5pm (200 St. George Street, Moncton).

• GoodLife Fitness, November 21st, 1 pm to 2:30 pm (555 Dieppe Blvd., Dieppe).

People who visit these places during these times should self-monitor their symptoms for 14 days.

In the event of COVID-19 symptoms, individuals are instructed to self-isolate and self-assess online or call 811 for testing.

Public health also released seven potential exposure recommendations on Monday night.

Click here for a complete and up-to-date list of potential exposures in the state..

Occurrence at a rehabilitation center

Also on Monday Public health declared outbreak At the Stan Cassidy Rehabilitation Center in Fredericton after the employee tested positive.

The employee is self-isolated, but employees and patients who have been in contact with the individual have been tested and the affected individual has also been quarantined.

“All visits to the center and scheduled appointments will be canceled until further notice,” public health said. “Affected patients and their families have been notified.”

NB whole case

Case numbers are categorized into seven health zones in New Brunswick.

• Zone 1 – Moncton Region: 131 confirmed cases (34 active cases)

• Zone 2 – St. John Region: 83 confirmed cases (49 active cases)

• Zone 3 – Fredericton Region: 83 confirmed cases (9 active cases)

• Zone 4 – Edmundston Region: 8 confirmed cases

• Zone 5 – Campbellton Region: 137 confirmed cases

• Zone 6 – Bathurst Region: 5 confirmed cases (2 active cases)

• Zone 7 – Miramichi Area: 4 Confirmed Cases

The state recently announced that if residents are experiencing mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms, they can undergo an online self-assessment.

There are no plans to pull out of the foam

The state has no plans to remove the Atlantic foam debris, but warned people about the trip, Higgs said.

“At this point, I don’t feel like taking this step to get New Brunswick out of the Atlantic bubble, but I know how quickly things will change,” Higgs said. “I’ve joined my fellow Atlantic Prime Minister and are paying attention to non-essential trips within the bubble and even within our state. Now is the time to stay home, shop locally, and COVID- It’s time to take special precautions to curb the 19 epidemics. “

Higgs also urged people to follow public health guidelines and give their real names when asked to identify themselves for contact tracing.

“In general, people adhere to mask requirements and physical distances, but over 30 state-wide fines were imposed over the weekend for breach of compulsory order clauses under the Emergency Measures Act. “It was,” said Higgs. “Inspectors have issued dozens of compliance orders to companies. They follow up on those orders and carry out further inspections to ensure that the rules are being followed.”

Higgs said people should stop looking for excuses for not wearing masks.

“When in doubt, wear a mask,” he said. “If you are in front of your house and this is in your property, I can thank you, and then the masses shouldn’t be in it, it shouldn’t matter. You are you If you are walking down the road, “meet a lot of people and wear a mask”

Higgs also reminded business owners that they had to plan and follow operations.

“For companies that are currently operating without plans, WorkSafe New Brunswick will issue an immediate outage order,” Higgs said.

Vehicle traffic information

The New Brunswick online dashboard contains information about the traffic of vehicles approaching the New Brunswick border.

On Monday, 1,612 personal and 1,110 commercial vehicles attempted to cross the border into the state.

Of the vehicles trying to cross the border, 17 were denied entry with a rejection rate of 0.6%.