N.B. reports 4 more COVID-19 deaths, rise in hospital admissions, active hospitalizations – CBC
33 people hospitalized for COVID, according to province, Horizon and Vitalité report 99 people in hospital
Aug 30, 2022
COVID-19 has claimed four more New Brunswickers in the past week, and hospital admissions for COVID-19 and active hospitalizations because of the virus have both increased, the province’s latest figures show.
The latest deaths include a person in their 60s, a person in their 70s, a person in their 80s and a person 90 or older, according to Tuesday’s COVIDWatch report.
Their deaths raise the province’s pandemic death toll to 466.
Thirty-one people were admitted to hospital for COVID-19 between Aug. 21 and Aug. 27. That’s up from 22 in the previous week’s report.
There are 33 people currently hospitalized because of the virus, up from 21, according to the province. Four people require intensive care, up from one.
The increase in hospitalizations, following several weeks of decreases, comes as “a bit of a surprise,” said acting Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Yves Léger.
