New Brunswick confirmed Saturday that there have been no new cases of novel coronavirus. Of the 112 cases previously confirmed, 64 are travel-related, 36 are close contacts of confirmed cases, six are the result of community transmission and six remain under investigation.
According to the province, 10 people have been hospitalized due to COVID-19 and five have since been discharged. Three of the five patients remaining in hospital are in an intensive care unit.
The province said in a statement released on Saturday that to date, 70 people have recovered. Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health, says the results are encouraging but it is too soon to conclude that the spread of this pandemic is slowing in the