HALIFAX -- New Brunswick reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, but the number of active cases dropped by two to eight.
The province last reported a new case on Tuesday when one person between the ages 10 and 19 tested positive. That case was travel-related and the person is self-isolating.
The province conducted 497 COVID-19 tests on Tuesday. To date, a total of 59,865 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in New Brunswick.
The province has seen 190 confirmed cases of the virus. Of those, 180 people have recovered and two people have died.
There is currently no one hospitalized as a result of COVID-19 in New Brunswick.
The number of cases are broken down by New Brunswick’s seven health zones:
- Zone 1 – Moncton region: 42 confirmed cases (5 active cases)
- Zone 2 – Saint John region: 27 confirmed cases
- Zone 3 – Fredericton region: 57 confirmed cases (2 active cases)
- Zone 4 – Edmundston region: 7 confirmed cases
- Zone 5 – Campbellton region: 53 confirmed cases
- Zone 6 – Bathurst region: 2 confirmed case (1 active case)
- Zone 7 – Miramichi region: 2 confirmed cases
VEHICLE TRAFFIC INFORMATION
New Brunswick's online dashboard also includes information about vehicle traffic attempting to enter the New Brunswick border.
On Tuesday, 8,883 personal and 3,769 commercial vehicles attempted to cross the border into the province.
Of the vehicles attempting to cross the border, 69 were refused entry, for a refusal rate of 0.5 per cent.
