New Brunswick health officials are expected to issue a regional update on the coronavirus Sunday.
Premier Blaine Higgs will join the Chief Medical Officer of Health at 2:30 pm.
The meeting will be broadcast live on the Global News website.
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New Brunswick will report 27 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, a publication that could have flown
New Brunswick reported 27 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and reported 267 cases of the active virus in the province.
On Saturday, the province had confirmed 911 cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak began, and 631 have recovered. Twelve were killed, and three patients were admitted to the hospital Saturday.
“We are at a critical stage of this behavior,” Dr. Jennifer Russell, chief medical officer for health, said in a news release on Saturday.
Earlier this week, the province reported that 172 sites had been visited by rapists and found that 99.4 percent of supporters had masks, however, only 88.9 percent of the workers wearing masks.
“Warnings have been issued for any breaches found and follow-up visits have taken place. In cases where compliance was not appropriate, work orders ceased to be issued, ”the province said.
On Sunday, Riverview East School sent a memo to parents advising of a COVID-19 case confirmed at the school.
“Public Health officers will contact you if your child has been in close contact with the identified case and will tell you if your child needs to self-separate,” read the memo.
– With files from Aya Al-Hakim.
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