'Public Health has worked collaboratively in establishing this comprehensive approach to returning to school safely.'

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

'I can understand if our numbers are low, then people have less of a fear about the negative impacts of another wave,' Dr. Jennifer Russell says.

Pre-registration is mandatory and those who have not pre-registered will be turned away at the border, the province said. 

The province reported a single additional case of the novel coronavirus on Monday.

There are now 168 people in the province who have had a confirmed case of COVID-19.

There remain three people with active cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick. Two of them are in intensive care.

The province has announced that face coverings will be required by anyone entering a building open to the general public beginning Tuesday, June 9.

The one new case of COVID-19 is a person aged 80 to 89 "linked to" a long-term care facility in the Campbellton area.

The doctor connected to a new outbreak of COVID-19 cases in northern New Brunswick has been suspended indefinitely by the hospital where he works, Global News has learned.