COVID-19: New Brunswick reports 1 death, 159 people in hospital – New Brunswick | The Canadian News

New Brunswick is reporting one more death related to COVID-19 on Sunday and 154 new lab-confirmed cases based on PCR testing.

In addition, 394 new rapid test results were submitted to the province, according to New Brunswick’s COVID-19 dashboard

There are now 159 people in hospital. Of those, 84 patients have incidental COVID-19 infections, while 75 are in hospital receiving treatment for COVID-19, the dashboard said.

There are currently 17 people in intensive care units and nine on a ventilator, both unchanged since the previous day.

The dashboard said the province’s hospitals are currently at 88 per cent occupancy and ICU beds are at 70 per cent occupancy.

On Friday, New Brunswick confirmed its first case of BA.2, a new Omicron subvariant that’s said to be more transmissible than the original variant.

— with a file from Alex Cooke

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