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It is the ninth case in the area in just over a week after a health-care professional, who contracted the coronavirus outside the province, didn’t self-isolate after he returned to New Brunswick.
The new case, which is under investigation, is an individual in their 70s.
To date, there have been 129 confirmed COVID-19 cases in New Brunswick and 120 people have recovered from the illness.
Three people are hospitalized and there are no patients in intensive care.
– The Canadian Press
Saturday
India extends lockdown in high-risk zones, to allows partial reopening elsewhere
India extended its coronavirus lockdown until June 30 in high-risk zones but permitted restaurants, malls and religious buildings to reopen elsewhere from June 8 despite a record high number of cases detected nationwide on Saturday.
