3 COVID deaths recorded as N.B. cases increase slightly, child under 4 dies from flu – CBC

Influenza numbers steady March 17 to 23, Respiratory Watch report shows

Apr 03, 2024

Three more New Brunswickers have died from COVID-19, and one child died of influenza, according to data from the province updated Wednesday.

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 have slightly increased, while influenza hospitalizations remained steady in the period of March 17 to March 23, according to the provincial Respiratory Watch report.

“COVID-19 activity remains moderate; some indicators (number of cases, percent positivity, and hospitalizations) increased slightly,” the report says.

The person who died of influenza was four years old or younger.

All three people who died of COVID were 65 or older. Their deaths raise the province’s pandemic death toll to at least 1,025. The actual total is unclear because the Department of Health counts only people who die in hospital as COVID deaths.

Twenty one people were hospitalized because of COVID or for something else and later tested positive, up from 15 in the previous report.

One person required intensive care, which is unchanged from the last report.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-covid-watch-numbers-1.7162289