COVID-19.The province is returning to a mandatory mask mandate as of 11:59 p.m. Tuesday as cases rise. N.B. reports 199 COVID-19 cases since Friday, mandatory masking to return “There are 27 schools across six of the seven school districts (anglophone and francophone) currently impacted by COVID-19 cases across the province,” says Flavio Nienow, a Department of Education spokesperson, on Monday.According to a news release from the province Friday, “20 schools across health zones 1, 3, 4 and 5 have been affected by about 80 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the year.”“By comparison, the 2020-21 school year had about 100 cases across 50 schools, in every health zone,” the news release stated.St.