N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Province provides update
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The province is providing an update on COVID-19.
Premier Blaine Higgs and Dr. Jennifer Russell, chief medical officer of health, are participating in the 2:30 p.m. news conference.
It is being livestreamed here on CBC New Brunswick's website and on the government's English and French YouTube channels.
Public Health reported another COVID-related death and 57 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday.
There are 533 active cases across the province.
Thirty-three people are in hospital because of the virus, including 15 in intensive care.
As of Wednesday, 84.3 per cent of New Brunswickers aged 12 and older are fully vaccinated, while 92.3 per cent have received at least one dose.
New Brunswick has had 6,263 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, with 5,617 recoveries so far and 112 COVID-related deaths.
A total of 522,610 lab tests have been conducted to date.
St. John the Baptist/King Edward School and Simonds High School in Saint John both have an operational day Thursday, according to a notice issued by the Anglophone South School District.
Students are learning from home.
Both schools confirmed to CBC News that it's COVID-related.
Schools no longer always close to students when there's a confirmed case, the Department of Education said.
"As per the most recent updates to the Healthy and Safe Schools guidelines, schools may move to home learning following a confirmed case that impacts students," spokesperson Flavio Nienow said in an emailed statement.
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