Premier Iain Rankin and Dr. Robert Strang are scheduled to provide the update at 3 p.m., with the briefing set to be livestreamed on our Global website.
According to the province, the new cases are in central zone. One of the cases is a close contact with a previously reported case.
The other case is under investigation.The National Microbiology Lab also confirmed four new variant cases — two more cases of the B.1.1.7.