New Brunswick is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 today, as part of the province’s northwest moves to the yellow pandemic-alert level.
Health officials say one new case is in the Fredericton area and the other is in the Bathurst region; both are under investigation.
New Brunswick has 136 active reported cases.
Seven patients are hospitalized with the disease in New Brunswick, including three in intensive care; four New Brunswickers are hospitalized with COVID-19 out of province.
Part of northwest New Brunswick that had been under the orange pandemic-alert level, including Edmundston, was moved to the yellow level at 12 a.m. today. The entire province is now at the yellow level.
New Brunswick has reported a total of 2,015 cases of COVID-19 and 41 deaths linked to the virus.