N.B. adds 17 more COVID-19 deaths, child under 4 among first flu deaths, warning about strep – CBC
COVID and flu each hospitalized 174 people Dec. 10-30, Respiratory Watch report shows
Jan 09, 2024
COVID-19 has killed 17 more New Brunswickers, including six over the holidays, while influenza has claimed nine lives. These are the first flu deaths of the season and they include a child under four, the latest data from the province shows.
Dr. Yves Léger, the province’s acting chief medical officer of health, held a rare meeting with reporters Tuesday because of the rise in respiratory illnesses.
He warned about the high number of strep bacterial infections, which are “at least double” their usual rates, some of them fatal.
Cases of respiratory syncytial virus, also known as RSV, are also climbing, and it may become a reportable disease in the province, Léger said.
“As you can imagine, with all those [respiratory illness] infections on the rise or peaking, a lot of people being sick, some of those will require medical care and some will require hospital admissions.
