N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Record-high 86 new cases, 41 people in hospital, 16 in ICU
CBC
New Brunswick reported 86 new cases of COVID-19 Monday, the highest one-day total since the pandemic began.
Forty-one people are now in hospital, up from 33 on Sunday, including 16 in intensive care. None of them are under the age of 19, Public Health said in a news release.
There are now 650 active cases of COVID across the province.
Of the new cases, 67— or 78 per cent — are not fully vaccinated, according to the release.
A total of 79.3 per cent of New Brunswickers aged 12 or older are now fully vaccinated, up from 79.2 per cent on Sunday, while 88.1 per cent have received at least one dose, up from 88.
New Brunswick has had 3,936 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, with 3,231 recoveries so far and 54 COVID-related deaths.
A total of 455,500 tests have been conducted to date.
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