Health officials are continuing to monitor the situation but Dr. Jennifer Russell said the province's health zones could move to the yellow phase by early next month. 

The province is also reporting that nine new people have recovered since Monday, meaning there are now only 75 active cases of the virus in the province. 

Almost five months later, many who took advantage of the opportunity are still waiting for the province to pay up.

According to provincial records, the last time the active COVID-19 case count was below 100 was on Jan. 5.

There have now been 1,417 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in New Brunswick, of which 1,287 people have recovered. 

Health Minister Dorothy Shephard also announced on Thursday that the province will move the Edmundston zone from the red phase of its COVID-19 recovery plan to the orange phase.

New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell says coronavirus outbreaks in long-term care homes are heartbreaking.

In a Facebook post made on Saturday, Manoir Belle Vue Inc., said seven residents and five employees had tested positive in the latest round of COVID-19 tests at the facility.

New Brunswick has now had 1,382 COVID-19 cases confirmed since the pandemic began, of which 1,203 people have recovered. 

"The things we do for the new strain is the same as what we do for the old strain," said Dr. David Dow, an infectious disease specialist, during the update on Thursday.