The new case announced on Tuesday is a person in their 40s in the Fredericton-area.

While toxins have been confirmed in Lake Micmac last year and this year, James Campbell with Halifax Water says that is not the case with the blue-green algae in Lake Major.

Dr. Yves Leger, medical officer of health for the province's eastern region, says Public Health is monitoring the situation closely and working with health-care professionals and the public to decrease the risk.