New Brunswick health officials report 13 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday, and say there are 37 active cases in the province.
According to Public Health, there are three people hospitalized as a result on COVID-19 in the province.
To date, 238 cases have been reported and New Brunswick has seen 199 recoveries.
Premier Blaine Higgs and chief of health Dr. Jennifer Russell are set to provide an update on Friday around 3 p.m.
Earlier this week, 19 people tested positive for the virus in an outbreak at the Notre-Dame Manor special-care home in Moncton.
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Horizon Health said on Friday it urges patients with non-urgent health care needs to seek options other than the emergency department at the Dr. Georges L. Dumont University Hospital Centre and The Moncton Hospital.
Vitalité Health Network announced on Friday that visits to the Campbellton Regional Hospital are suspended.
It also said that 18 of Vitalité’s health-care workers in Restigouche are in isolation, “either because they have COVID-19 or were found to be close contacts through Public Health’s contact tracing.”
On Friday morning, a case of COVID-19 was also confirmed by a high school in northeastern New Brunswick.
The principal of Sugarloaf High School in Campbellton said in a Facebook post the board is working with public health officials to identify any other students or staff who may have had contact with the person.
Michael O’Toole said his school, which is just across the border from Quebec, is temporarily closed to allow for cleaning and contact tracing.
In addition, the New Brunswick government announced that masks will become mandatory in most indoor public places, effective Friday.
The Friday provincial update will be livestreamed here.
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