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Some encouraging news on the COVID front today – Public Health is reporting just 7 new cases over the past 24 hours. The Edmundston region is reporting 5 new cases – with one each in the Moncton and Fredericton River Valley regions.

The number of active cases in the province now stands at 228 with only 9 now here in the Saint John region. Public Health is also reporting 35 people have been listed as recovered since yesterday. Six people are in hospital – three in intensive care. Eighteen deaths have been listed as COVID related since last March.