COVID-19 Update: 21 new cases, vaccine stats

Dr. Jennifer Russell announced that New Brunswick’s vaccine statistics will be updated weekly on the pre-existing COVID-19 Dashboard.

As of today, 1,862 people are fully vaccinated, meaning they have been inoculated with two doses of a vaccine.

The province has received 11,175 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, 3,443 of which are being held for a second dose.

More clinics are being set up in Campbellton, Edmundston, Fredericton, and Saint John.

Priority groups in the area will be contacted, and will be vaccinated this coming week.

Dr. Jennifer Russell says that one person with COVID-19 is in the hospital. Photo from GNB YouTube.

TODAY’S CASE COUNT REMAINS HIGH

The province reports 21 new cases across multiple health zones today.

Four cases are in Zone 1, or the southeast region, including the Sackville area.

Zone 3 reports seven new cases, Zone 4 has six new cases, and Zone 5 has four new cases.

There are 204 active cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick, 50 of which are in Zone 1.

A graph shows a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases.
COVID-19 cases continue to rise in New Brunswick. By Erica Butler.

One person is in the hospital due to COVID-19.

The province remains at orange level restrictions.

NO NEW CASES IN ADULT FACILITIES

Some good news from the update, there are no new confirmed cases in any adult residential facilities where a COVID-19 outbreak was declared.

The facilities include Parkland Saint John, Fundy Royal Manor, Canterbury Hall at Parkland Riverview, and Foyer Ste-Elizabeth, all of which have no new cases to report.

Residents and staff at Parkland Saint John were retested today.

All staff and residents at all of these facilities will be retested for COVID-19 this week.

OUTBREAKS AT SCHOOLS

Two schools in Woodstock, Townsview School and Woodstock High School (Zone 3), closed for an operational response day today.

All students will begin learning online starting tomorrow, and will continue to stay home for the rest of the week.

Zone 5 also has two schools learning from home.

Dalhousie schools Académie Notre-Dame and École Aux-Quatre-Vents shut its doors for an operational response day.

Starting tomorrow, all École Aux-Quatre-Vents classes will attend class online for two weeks.

Most Académie Notre-Dame students will be back in their desks by tomorrow, except for a few classes that will need to stay home for another two weeks.

A tenth grade class from Polyvalente Roland-Pépin, Campbellton, is learning from home as well.

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