COVID-19: N.B. reports 3 more deaths, more groups to be offered booster shots
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Appointments for those groups will be available beginning on Oct. 25, while details on booster doses for other groups will be available in the coming weeks.
Three more people have died as a result of COVID-19 in New Brunswick, bringing the province’s total number of COVID-19-related deaths to 94.
A person in their 80s in the Campbellton region and two people aged 90 and over, one in the Moncton region and the other in the Edmundston region, have died.
The province also reported 50 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. Of those, 26 are unvaccinated, six are partially vaccinated and 18 are fully vaccinated.
“I was saddened to learn that three people have died in our province from this virus,” said Premier Blaine Higgs in a news release.
“It is important we continue to follow the rules, to protect ourselves and our loved ones. This is the fifth consecutive day we have seen a decline in the number of new cases and we all must do our part if we want this trend to continue.”
There are currently 57 people hospitalized with COVID-19, of which 23 are unvaccinated, five are partially vaccinated and 29 are fully vaccinated. Of the 18 people in intensive care, 17 are unvaccinated and one is partially vaccinated.
With 122 recoveries since Monday, the number of active cases has fallen to 774.
The release Tuesday said that beginning the week of Oct. 25, health-care personnel — including those working in long-term care — and residents of First Nations communities will be able to receive a booster shot of an mRNA vaccine if six months have passed since their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.