COVID-19 kills New Brunswicker aged 45 to 64, 2 youth among those hospitalized by flu – CBC
COVID activity remains moderate and influenza activity stable, latest Respiratory Watch report says
Apr 16, 2024
A New Brunswicker aged 45 to 64 has died from COVID-19, while the flu sent eight people to the hospital, including two youth aged five to 19, updated data from the province Tuesday shows.
“COVID-19 activity remains moderate,” according to the Respiratory Watch report. “Some indicators (number of cases, percent positivity, and hospitalizations) decreased slightly during the current reporting period, between March 31 and April 6.
Influenza activity remained “relatively stable,” it says.
The latest COVID death raises the provincial pandemic total to at least 1,028. The actual number is unclear because the Department of Health counts only people who die in hospital as COVID deaths.
Eleven people were hospitalized because of COVID or for something else and later tested positive for the virus. That’s down from 13 hospitalizations in the previous report.
Two people required intensive care, up from none.
