There are 20 new cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick, bringing the province’s total number of active cases to 57.
Dr. Jennifer Russell, the province’s chief medical officer of health, says 12 of the new cases are in the Moncton region, seven are in the Campbellton region and one is in the Fredericton region.
Russell said the new case in the Fredericton region is a person in their 50s and is related to travel outside the Atlantic bubble.
Nine of the 12 cases in the Moncton region are related to the outbreak at the Manoir Notre-Dame and three are under investigation.
The seven cases in the Campbellton region are related to a regional outbreak in the area.
The Moncton and Campbellton regions remain in the “orange” level of restrictions under the province’s COVID-19 plan, and travel into and out of these regions is discouraged.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 10, 2020.
