One new case of the novel coronavirus was identified in New Brunswick on Thursday, inching the province’s total up to 112. In a news release Friday, the province said the new case is an individual in their 60s in the Saint John area.
Of the 112 cases in the province, 63 are travel-related, 35 are close contacts of confirmed cases, six are the result of community transmission and eight remain under investigation.
Ten people have been hospitalized and five have since been discharged. Three of the five patients remaining in hospital are in an intensive care unit.
Sixty people have recovered The most cases have been identified in the Fredericton area, followed by the Saint John area, then the Moncton area.