Six more people have died as a result of COVID-19 in New Brunswick, according to the province’s COVID-19 dashboard. There have now been 258 deaths linked to the virus in New Brunswick.
There are now 162 people in hospital, down one since Friday. Eighty-nine patients hospitalized have incidental COVID-19 infections, while 73 are in hospital receiving treatment for COVID-19, the dashboard said.
There are currently 17 people in ICU and nine on a ventilator, both unchanged since the previous day.
The dashboard said the province’s hospitals are currently at 89 per cent occupancy and ICU beds are at 68 per cent occupancy.
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There are currently 399 health-care workers who are off work due to COVID-19.
The province has confirmed an additional 296 positive PCR tests, while 397 rapid tests were reported Saturday. There are an estimated 3,887 active cases.
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On Friday, New Brunswick confirmed its first case of BA.2, a new Omicron subvariant that’s said to be more transmissible than the original strain.
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