N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 1 more death, but cases trending down, says Higgs
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COVID-19 has claimed the life of another New Brunswicker, but Premier Blaine Higgs says the province is on the right path, with the number of cases trending downward.
The number of people in hospital and in intensive care, however, has increased.
And the source of all but two of the 53 new cases is under investigation, pushing the number of cases of unknown origin in the province to an all-time high of 2,118.
A person in their 70s in the Campbellton region, Zone 5, has died "as a result of COVID-19," Public Health said in a news release. This pushes the number of COVID-related deaths to 91.
"I am sorry for the loss of another person to this virus," Higgs said in a statement.
But he noted the number of confirmed cases has decreased over the past few days, and daily recoveries have outpaced new cases.
On Monday, 53 new cases were reported and 138 recoveries, dropping the number of active cases in the province to 849.
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