N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Province moves to Level 3 lockdown Friday at 11:59 p.m. – CBC
Hospital system in ‘crisis,’ with record-high 104 COVID patients, including 9 in ICU
an 13, 2022
New Brunswick will move to Level 3 of the COVID-19 winter plan, the most restrictive level, effective Friday at 11:59 p.m., for 16 days, as it struggles to cope with a hospital system in “crisis.”
Premier Blaine Higgs made the announcement at a COVID briefing Thursday afternoon, citing a record-high 104 COVID hospitalizations, which include nine people in intensive care, three of whom are on ventilators, 386 health-care workers off isolating after testing positive, and rising cases.
Four more people also died Wednesday because of the virus, the briefing heard.
The lockdown will last until Jan. 30 at 11:59 p.m.
“Think of it as short-term pain for long-term gain,” Higgs said.
