Dr. Jennifer Russell

• N.B. could move to modified yellow phase if COVID-19 cases continue to fall

  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. 

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  Feb 26
• Coronavirus: No new cases reported in New Brunswick for first time in 2021

  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. 

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  Feb 23
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• New Brunswick’s active COVID-19 case count drops below 100 for the first time since January

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

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  Feb 20
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• New Brunswick reports 6 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday

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

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  Feb 19
• New Brunswick looks to get more vaccines in arms as they delay second dose for low-risk individuals

  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.

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  Feb 18
• New Brunswick reports 5 new COVID-19 cases, 10 recoveries Friday

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

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  Feb 12
• Health officials provide information on COVID-19 variants as N.B. reports 1 new death

  "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. 

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  Feb 11
• New Brunswick’s active COVID-19 cases drop as officials investigate possible case of U.K. variant

  With 35 new recoveries and only seven new cases of the virus being reported Friday there are now only 228 active cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick.

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  Feb 5
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• New Brunswick reports 14 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday

  New Brunswick's number of active cases dropped on Wednesday due to 17 new recoveries. There are now 264 active cases of the virus in the province.

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  Feb 3
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• N.B. modifies orange zone rules as province reports more cases in January than all of 2020

  Residents in the orange phase will now be allowed to have a single household bubble with an additional 10 contacts although they must remain consistent.

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  Jan 29