N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 2,548 new cases, 2 deaths, 500 health-care workers isolating
CBC
The province reported 2,548 new cases and two more deaths because of COVID-19 on Monday.
Two people in the Fredericton region, Zone 3, have died, one of them in their 60s and the other in their 70s, Public Health said in a news release late Monday.
The new case numbers, which encompass the weekend's case counts, reflect three consecutive days of record numbers, including 797 new cases on Saturday, 829 on Sunday and 922 today.
There are more than 500 regional health authority employees off work and isolating because of COVID-19, including 461 Horizon Health Network employees and 69 Vitalité Health Network employees.
Fifty-one people with the virus are in hospital. Of these, 17 are in intensive care, 33 are over the age of 60 and 12 are on ventilators. No one under 19 is hospitalized. Public Health reported 435 recoveries since Friday, bringing the province's active case count to 5,442.
The new cases reported since Friday break down this way:
Moncton region, Zone 1
Saint John region, Zone 2
Fredericton region, Zone 3
Edmundston region, Zone 4
Campbellton region, Zone 5
Bathurst region, Zone 5
Miramichi region, Zone 7
New Brunswick's vaccination clinics will exclusively offer the Moderna vaccine to individuals over the age of 30.
P.E.I.'s Public Schools Branch is looking for 50 substitute bus drivers, and it'll be recruiting at three job fairs on Saturday, June 8. The job fairs are located at the Atlantic Superstore in Montague, Royalty Crossing in Charlottetown, and the bus parking lot of Three Oaks Senior High in Summerside. All three run from 9 a.m. until noon. Dave Gillis, the director of transportation and risk management for the Public Schools Branch, said the number of substitute drivers they're hiring isn't unusual. "We are always looking for more. Our drivers tend to have an older demographic," he said.