Three more N.B. COVID deaths

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Three New Brunswickers died from COVID-19 between March 10-16, according to new data from the province.

One person was aged 45-64, and the other two were aged 65 or older.

Fifteen people were hospitalized for COVID, and one person required intensive care.

There were six lab-confirmed COVID outbreaks between March 10-16; four in nursing homes and two in “other facilities.”

“COVID-19 activity remains moderate; some indicators (number of cases, per cent positivity, and hospitalizations) decreased slightly during the current reporting period,” the province’s update read.

There were no flu deaths between March 10-16.  There were 13 hospitalizations for influenza, and two ICU admissions. The youngest person hospitalized was a child aged 0-4; three youth aged 5-19 also needed hospital treatment.

There was one outbreak of influenza-like illness in a school, and three lab-confirmed outbreaks, including one in a nursing home and two in “other facilities.”

There have been 147,677 COVID-19 vaccines administered since Oct. 4, and 222,394 flu shots administered.

N.B. COVID levels stable or dropping in 7 cities: data

New Brunswick’s seven COVID-19 waste water detection sites are showing decreasing or stable levels of the virus. 

As of March 22, levels are dropping in Campbellton, Edmundston, Moncton and Saint John. They’re stable in Fredericton, Miramichi and Bathurst.

The waste water detection program, conducted at the Public Health Agency of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, looks at the level of the virus present in sewage using a seven-day rolling average, according to the dashboard website. This provides a snapshot of the prevalence of COVID-19 in the tracked municipalities.