UPDATE: N.B. Reports Fourth Death Related To COVID-19

New Brunswick health officials reported the province’s fourth death related to the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday.

The province said a person in their 70s died Wednesday in Zone 5 (Campbellton region) from “underlying complications, including COVID-19.”

“The loss of another person in our province related to COVID-19 is not news we ever want to have to share,” said Premier Blaine Higgs in a news release.

“I, along with all New Brunswickers, send sincere condolences to the family and friends of this individual, as well as to everyone who continues to be impacted by the recent outbreaks.”

The announcement comes just three days after the province recorded its third death related to COVID-19 on Sunday. The person in their 60s lived at the Notre Dame Manor special care home in Moncton.

Health officials also reported six new cases of COVID-19 and eight more recoveries on Wednesday for a total of 92 active cases.

All of the new cases are in Zone 5 and remain under investigation, said the province. They include one person under 19, one person in their 30s, two people in their 40s, one person in their 50s, and one person in their 60s.

Five people are currently in the hospital, including one person in intensive care.

“It has been difficult to witness the unfolding outbreak in the Campbellton-Restigouche region,” said Dr. Jennifer Russell, the province’s chief medical officer of health, in a statement.

Zone 1 (Moncton region) and Zone 5 remain at the Orange level under the province’s COVID-19 recovery plan.

It is anticipated that Zone 1 will return to the Yellow level on Friday while Zone 5 will remain at the Orange level.