New Brunswick has 26 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 8 new cases reported on Wednesday.
Public Health says the newest cases are all travel-related or close contacts of existing cases.
The new cases are:
- An individual aged 50-60, in Zone 1 (southeast), whose case is travel-related.
- An individual aged 30-40, in Zone 1 (southeast), whose case is travel-related.
- An individual aged 60-70, in Zone 1 (southeast), whose case is travel-related.
- An individual aged 50-60, in Zone 2 (south), whose case is travel-related (had been on a cruise).
- An individual aged 10-20, in Zone 2 (south), whose case is travel-related (had been on a cruise).
- An individual aged 20-30, in Zone 2 (south), who is a close contact of a travel-related case.
- An individual aged 30-40, in Zone 3 (central), whose case is travel-related.
- An individual aged 30-40, in Zone 4 (northwest), whose case is travel-related.
Chief medical officer of health, Dr. Jennifer Russell, says more people are being tested and more widely than previously.
“As we increase testing in the days and weeks ahead, we will find more confirmed cases. So far, more than 1,700 tests have been conducted in New Brunswick,” she said.
To protect privacy going forward, Russell said only the ages and provincial health zones of individuals who have tested positive for the virus will be released.
She adds the travel criteria for testing has been broadened to include anyone who has been outside New Brunswick in the past 14 days.