NB COVID 19 WRAPUP LOG: LOCKDOWN LIFTED IN EDMUNDSTON REGION:

N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Person in their 20s has died, lockdown lifted in Edmundston.......137 active cases

• Edmundston, Upper Madawaska move to orange

• Vaccines for people 60+

• Mandatory testing at Fredericton school

• Outbreak at UNB

• Pop-up testing in Nackawic

• Province loses 2nd isolation hotel, more than 50 people isolating

• Hotel isolation a cause for concern

• Previous possible public exposures

• What to do if you have a symptom...A New Brunswicker in their 20s has died from COVID-19, the youngest person in the province to die from the disease since the pandemic began, the chief medical officer of health announced Tuesday.

The person lived in the Moncton region, Zone 1, said Dr. Jennifer Russell.

This marks the 36th COVID-related death in New Brunswick.

Russell declined to say whether the person had any underlying medical conditions, citing privacy.

But she did say she believes the person had the variant first reported in the U.K. and the case was travel-related.

• COVID lockdown continues at 2 Fredericton universities, college

The latest death shows the aggressive variants "kill without discrimination," she said. They "will strike the young as well as the old."