Seven new cases of COVID-19 emerged in New Brunswick on Sunday, adding to the 12 cases reported on Saturday. Two people with the virus in the Edmundston area also lost their lives.
An octogenarian died on Saturday at Manoir Belle Vue, a residential facility for adults in Edmundston. Another person in his sixties has also passed away. That pushes the number of people dead from the virus to 20 in New Brunswick.
Of the 25 cases identified at the weekend, 15 are in Restigouche (zone 4, Edmundston region), which continues to suffer the most from this recent wave of infections.
The region is still in full containment.
The rest of New Brunswick is in the orange phase, with the exception of Zone 1 (Moncton area), which remains in the red phase and saw a new case on Sunday.
Two cases emerged in the Fredericton area and only one in the Bathurst area over the weekend.
Public Health also announced that the outbreak that had been declared at Pavillon Le Royer, a special care home in Edmundston, officially ended on Sunday.
The outbreak declared on Jan. 20 consisted of just one case. All of the facility’s employees and residents underwent multiple drug tests to confirm the end of the outbreak, which was officially declared by the regional medical officer of health, Dr. Cristin Muecke.
Forget the Superbowl
Several new cases are still added to the toll every day, but the province is progressing slowly but surely in its fight against the virus.
Public Health now counts several healings per day. 17 people recovered from the disease on Saturday, followed by 25 more on Sunday.
The curve for the number of cases, which had grown rapidly after the holiday season, is slowly coming back after peaking at 348 active cases on January 25.
New Brunswick had 203 active cases as of Sunday.
Most of these cases are in Restigouche (135 cases) and in the Moncton area (41 cases).
Dr. Jennifer Russell has urged people not to gather to watch the Superbowl on Sunday.
“Gatherings increase the risk of further outbreaks of COVID-19. We all need to limit our contacts to reduce the risk of exposure and spread, otherwise we will see a significant increase in the number of cases over the next two weeks. ”
She had issued a similar warning ahead of the holiday season, which was followed by the biggest increase in cases since the virus first appeared in New Brunswick.
In addition, Public Health has discovered a possible source of exposure to the virus in zone 4. It is the Atlantic Superstore, from January 22 to February 5, during opening hours (577, rue Victoria, in Edmundston ).
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