Hospitalizations continue to increase in New Brunswick as the province reports another 24 people infected with COVID-19 have been admitted to hospital.
Of those in the hospital, 74 were admitted for COVID-19, and 85 were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.
There are currently 14 people in intensive care and four individuals on ventilators.
Public health says 341 health care workers are isolated after testing positive for COVID-19.
COVID-19-DASHBOARD
Public Health says daily COVID-19 news releases will no longer be issued. Data regarding hospitalizations, positive tests, vaccination rates and deaths associated with the virus will be made available on the COVID-19 control screen.
VACCINE UPDATE
As of Saturday, 1,648,589 doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in New Brunswick.
Of these, 690,972 were first doses, 632,385 second doses and 325,232 were booster doses.
To date, 43.3 percent of eligible New Brunswickers have received their booster dose.
NEW CASES
According to the province’s online dashboard, there are 397 new PCR-confirmed cases on Saturday, as well as 473 new cases identified by rapid testing.
The province also reports 424 new collections, bringing the total number of active cases to 5,383.
Reference-atlantic.ctvnews.ca