N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 1 death, 55 new cases, 66 in hospital - CBC.ca

COVID-19 has claimed another New Brunswick life and infected 55 more people, Public Health announced Tuesday.

Twenty-seven of the hospital patients contracted COVID-19 while already in hospital for another reason, said Dr.

Jennifer Russell, chief medical officer of health, pointing to outbreaks at the Moncton Hospital, Saint John Regional Hospital and Miramichi Regional Hospital.

The new COVID-19 variant of concern omicron, now confirmed in Ontario and Quebec, has not been detected in New Brunswick yet, but the province is actively screening for it, said Shephard.

A Saint John legion has closed its doors indefinitely after "at least" 20 cases of COVID-19 have been linked to a recent fundraiser it hosted.

In addition to the 55 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed Tuesday, Public Health also reported 93 recoveries, putting the province's active case count at 667, down from 706.

Moncton region, Zone 1 — 16 cases:.

Ten of these cases are under investigation and six cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases.

Saint John region, Zone 2 — 16 cases:.

Nine of these cases are under investigation and seven cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases.

Fredericton region, Zone 3 — 16 cases:.

Eight of these cases are under investigation and eight cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases.

Campbellton region, Zone 5 — one case:.

This case is a contact of a previously confirmed case.

Miramichi region, Zone 7 — six cases:.

Four of these cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases and the other two are under investigation.

New Brunswick has had 8,318 confirmed cases of COVID-19 during the pandemic with 7,525 recoveries so far.

Officials at the Moncton Hospital say the spread of COVID-19 cases there is under control.

Dow said COVID got into the hospital the way other hospital-acquired infections do —  on a patient, a health-care worker, a visitor or designated support person.

New cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at five child-care facilities in the Moncton region, Zone 1, since Monday. .

Eleven new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in 10 schools across four zones since Monday, the Department of Education website shows.

A positive case or cases have been confirmed at École Blanche-Bourgeois in the Moncton region, Zone 1, Westfield School in the Saint John region, Zone 2, and George Street Middle School in the Fredericton region, Zone 3, all of which were not previously impacted.

A positive case or cases have also been confirmed at the following previously impacted schools: École Le Sommet and Magnetic Hill School in the Moncton region, Zone 1, Centennial School in the Saint John region, Zone 2, Barker's Point Elementary School and Stanley Consolidated School in the Fredericton region, Zone 3, and King Street Elementary School and Napan Elementary School in the Miramichi region, Zone 7.

A total of 528 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in 148 schools since the beginning of the school year.

Nova Scotia reported 61 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the active caseload in the province to 200.

Thirteen people are in hospital with COVID-19, including four in intensive care.

The province has 21 active cases and one person is in hospital.

Public Health has issued a number of new public exposure notices Tuesday for the Moncton region, Zone 1, including the Moncton Hospital's emergency department waiting room on Nov.

For people who have been fully vaccinated at least 14 days prior to a possible exposure, Public Health recommends they monitor for symptoms for 14 days after the possible exposure and get a COVID lab test if symptoms develop?

With files from Jacques Poitras and Information Morning Moncton