N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 53 new cases, exposure sites concentrated in Saint John
CBC
There were 53 new cases of COVID-19 announced in New Brunswick on Sunday.
Of the cases, 41 were unvaccinated and 12 were fully vaccinated.
There are 15 people in hospital due to COVID-19, including nine in intensive care.
Those in hospital include 12 who are unvaccinated. Eight of those patients are in intensive care.
There were 521 tests completed on Saturday, an increase from the 319 tests done the previous day.
The province has seen a decrease in testing because several test centres were closed due to a strike by members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Health-care workers began returning to work on Saturday.
A total of 85.9 per cent of New Brunswickers 12 or older are fully vaccinated, and 92.9 per cent have received their first vaccine dose.
There were 56 recoveries Sunday, leaving 473 active cases in the province. New Brunswick has had 6,769 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, with 6,174 recoveries so far.
The new cases of the virus include:
Moncton region, Zone 1, 30 cases:
Twenty-three cases are still under investigation, while seven are contacts of previously confirmed cases.
Saint John region, Zone 2, four cases:
All the cases remain under investigation.