FOG BLOG ATLANTIC COVID 19 UPDATE LOG: 40TH COVID DEATH HERE , 182 RECORD CASES NEXT DOOR IN N.S.:

N.B. reports province's 40th COVID-19-related death, 11 new cases Thursday.......Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting the province's 40th COVID-19-related death on Thursday, connected to a person in their 80s. ...Nova Scotia reporting 182 new COVID-19 cases Thursday..

"I am saddened to learn we have lost another person to this virus,” said Dorothy Shephard, New Brunswick’s Health Minister. “I join all New Brunswickers in extending heartfelt condolences to those who are mourning the loss of their loved one."

Public health says the individual is in the Edmundston region (Zone 4) and was a resident of Pavillon Beau-Lieu – a special care home in Grand Falls, N.B. This marks the facilities fourth death in one week, all involving individuals over the age of 70................Nova Scotia reported a new daily high of 182 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, for a total of 1,309 active cases in the province.

There are 155 new cases in the central health zone, 16 in the eastern zone, four in the western zone and seven in the northern zone.

There are now 45 people in hospital, including nine in intensive care.

The new cases reported Thursday were identified among 7,733 tests completed the day before.

The province won't be providing a COVID-19 briefing Thursday, but an update is scheduled for Friday at 1 p.m. AT..