Another individual — who had also tested positive for COVID-19 — died last week at the Tucker Hall long-term care facility but it is not being ruled as COVID-19-related.

The two residents of Lily Court at the Tucker Hall complex died on Thursday and Friday, respectively.

'I have been suggesting to people that New Brunswick is on a knife edge right now and can go either way.'

Nineteen of the new cases are located in the Edmundston region, six of which are linked to a workplace exposure at the Nadeau Poultry plant.

Under new red zone regulations, schools that have a confirmed case of COVID-19 will be closed for a minimum of three days to allow for contact tracing.

Edmundston is the only area in the red phase of New Brunswick's COVID-19 recovery plan. Every other zone remains in the orange as of Monday.

A reason wasn't initially given for the closure but an email distributed about an hour later indicated that a confirmed case of COVID-19 had been linked to the school. 

It is the second case of COVID-19 linked to Edith Cavell School with the first being reported on Tuesday. 

New Brunswick has now reported 237 COVID-19 cases in just the first 13 days of 2021.

An individual between the ages of 80 and 89 and an individual between 70 and 79 have died. Both were residents of Lily Court at Tucker Hall in the Parkland Saint John complex.