Public Health officials confirmed another death related to COVID-19
A person in their 80s in Zone 4 (Edmundston health region) died from underlying conditions, including COVID-19. New Brunswick now has 26 deaths linked to the virus.
One new case was added on Monday, also in Zone 4. The person in their 40s is a close contact of a known case and is self-isolating.
The province also added its sixth case of the COVID-19 U.K. variant involving a previously reported case in Zone 4.
A sample sent to Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Laboratory earlier this month from Moncton’s Dr. Georges-L-Dumont University Hospital Centre’s microbiology laboratory has been confirmed as a COVID-19 U.K. variant.
Meanwhile, a previously identified case in Zone 3 (Fredericton health region) has been removed from the list of confirmed cases due to the identification of false-positive results.
“In certain rare situations, such as this one, the results were not in keeping with the patient information or the COVID-19 activity in the area, so the samples were retested,” Public Health said in a news release.
Public Health said their lab is currently working to determine the cause of the false positive.
New Brunswick now has 84 active cases of COVID-19 with two more recoveries reported since Monday.
Two people are currently in the hospital, including one person in intensive care.
One death reported / one new case / revised case count / confirmed case of variant.https://t.co/sSQLghBXhH pic.twitter.com/YjrVNk31fb
— Government of NB (@Gov_NB) February 22, 2021
