New Brunswick forecasts near $300M deficit amid COVID-19 impact

New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs answers questions from the media after meeting with Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau at Government House in Fredericton on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. , The Canadian Press

The Canadian Press

May 21, 2020

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FREDERICTON -- New Brunswick is reporting one new case of COVID-19 -- the province's first new case in more than two weeks.

Officials say the person is under the age of 19 and lives in the Campbellton region in the north of the province.

There have now been 121 cases in New Brunswick and 120 of them have recovered.

There have been no deaths from COVID-19 in the province, and there are no active cases in hospital.

To date, 21,474 tests have been conducted in New Brunswick.

The province is scheduled to move to the next phase of reopening businesses and services on Friday.