The COVID-19 pandemic in New Brunswick is an ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
[10] However, on March 23, it was announced that presumptive positives no longer had to be sent to the National Microbiology Lab (NML) in Winnipeg for confirmatory testing, thus confirming all presumptive cases in the province at the time.
[11] On March 24, the 18th case of COVID-19 in New Brunswick was confirmed in the southeastern part of the province.
[14] An outbreak occurred in the Campbellton area in late May, linked to a medical doctor who returned from a trip to Quebec.
[16] In June 2020, PEI Premier Dennis King suggested that travel between provinces in the Atlantic region might be allowed, as early as the beginning of July.
King claimed there was an agreement to this end, in a discussion held on June 10 between the Premiers.
When asked by the CBC, the other Premiers expressed caution on an "Atlantic bubble.
[18] On October 7, 2020, 17 cases were announced at Notre-Dame Manor, a special-care home in Moncton.
[20] However, on September 26, 2021, this record was broken again with health officials reporting 82 new infections.
They are also asking restaurant owners to limit the number of customers to half of the capacity of their dining areas.