Nine new COVID-19 cases reported as cluster in northern New Brunswick grows

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Chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell says it is the largest number of single-day new cases in the province in the last two months

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting a spike in new cases of COVID-19 in the Campbellton area in the north of the province.

Chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell says there are nine new cases to report, bringing to 24 the number of active cases in a cluster that first emerged in late May.Story continues below advertisement The outbreak is believed to have begun after a doctor travelled to Quebec and did not self-isolate upon return to New Brunswick.Russell says the latest cases range in age from their sixties to their nineties.

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