Health officials in the province are reporting a sixth death related to COVID-19 today, as well as four new positive cases.
The man who passed away was above the age of 70 and was in the Eastern Health region.
The four new cases are all within Eastern Health and involve one person between 20 and 39, and three cases in their 40s. Two of the cases are men and two are women.
Ten people are in hospital, six of whom are in intensive care.
A total of 19 people are now considered recovered from the virus, 18 of those are in Eastern Health and one in Central. There are 271 active cases of the virus in the province.