COVID-19 has killed seven other New Brunswicks, bringing the death toll from the pandemic to nearly 600, according to the most recent weekly figures.
One user aged 50, one in his 70s, two in his 80s and 3 in his 90s or older died of COVID between Oct. 30 and Nov. 5, according to the province’s COVIDWatch report.
The virus has now claimed 599 lives since the pandemic began.
COVID deaths in Canada have declined in recent weeks, “but the data could be grounds for delayed reporting,” the report notes. “International deaths have declined since last week. “
New Brunswick reported seven COVID deaths last week and the week before.
According to the report, the number of other people newly admitted to the hospital for COVID decreased last week, from 38 to 23. A twenty-year-old user is among the new admissions.
The number of active COVID hospitalizations decreased from 43 to 33.
Five other people require intensive care, instead of two.
Meanwhile, the two regional health governments say there are another 146 people hospitalized with COVID-19, to 167, adding 10 in intensive care, to nine.
Unlike the province, which only reports on other people admitted to hospital due to COVID-19, Horizon and Vitalité include in their weekly reports other people admitted first for some other cause who then test positive for the virus.
Dr. Yves Léger, the province’s interim lead health medical officer, will not be available for an interview this week, Health Ministry spokesman Adam Bowie said. The ministry did not name any other available officials.
Horizon has 117 active COVID-19 patients in the hospital on Saturday, up from 114, according to its weekly COVID dashboard. Seven of them require intensive care, compared to five.
Vitalité has 29 COVID patients hospitalized, to 53, adding 3 in intensive care, up to one, his dashboard says.
Of the Horizon patients, more than half, or 60, are in the Saint John area, Zone 2, followed by the Fredericton region, Zone 3, with 30, the Moncton region, Zone 1, with 16, and the Miramichi region, Zone 7, with 11.
The distribution of Vitalité’s patients is as follows: thirteen at Dr. Georges-L. -Dumont University Hospital Center in Moncton, adding two in intensive care, nine in Edmundston Regional Hospital, adding one in intensive care, 4 in Campbellton Regional Hospital and two in Chaleur Regional Hospital in Bathurst.
The number of new cases shown through a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) laboratory check remained “stable,” according to the province, at 554, up from 589 in last week’s report.
Another 312 people said they tested positive in an immediate test, to 419.
This brings the total number of new reports to 866, up from 1,008.
Across Canada, the number of cases “continues to show a slight upward trend in weeks,” the COVIDWatch report says.
In Maine, cases have declined in weeks and lately stand at a seven-day average of 189, he said.
There are 821 active instances in New Brunswick, in PCR instances alone, depending on the province.
Of the maximum number of recent random samples submitted for sequencing, 91% were the highly transmissible BA. 5 subvariant of Omicron, 8% were the BA. 4 subvariant of Omicron, and 1% were the BA. 2 subvariant of Omicron.
The Health Department declined to disclose a further breakdown of all sublineages, such as BA. 2. 75. 2, which has mutations that allow it to better evade immunity compared to vaccination and past infections. Only one case of BA. 2. 75. 2 was detected in New Brunswick in September, and it’s gaining traction across Canada.
The number of physical care staff on leave due to COVID increased across the province, from 114 to 117.
Horizon has 65 workers who have tested positive, to 69. Vitalité has 52 workers now infected, to forty-five previously.
The number of sets of COVID outbreaks at Horizon hospitals remained unchanged at 14. These come with five in the Moncton domain, five in the Saint John domain, 3 in the Fredericton domain and one in the Miramichi domain. No additional main points are provided.
Vitality has five epidemic units, one less. Campbellton Regional Hospital still has two: the geriatric unit and the veterans unit. Others come with the Veterans Health Center, Unit 300, in the Moncton area, Zone 1, the medical unit at Edmundston Regional Hospital and the psychiatry unit at Chaleur Regional Hospital.
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is now available to New Brunswick children aged six months to five years, the Department of Health announced Tuesday.
Health Canada approved a number one series of 3 3-dose 3-micrograms of Pfizer’s Comirnaty vaccine for children six months through 4 years of age in early September.
A two-dose series of Moderna’s Spikevax vaccine has been available to this aging organization in the province since July.
“Public Health continues to insist that New Brunswick residents remain informed about their COVID-19 vaccinations. This includes young people receiving their first vaccinations and everyone else receiving a booster when they are eligible,” Dr. Yves Leger, interim medical director of health, said in a statement.
“This is especially vital as we move indoors during the winter months and respiratory illnesses, such as COVID-19, are expected to increase,” he said.
Pfizer and Moderna “offer similar protections against COVID-19 and are easily available through public fitness and select pharmacies across the province,” Health Department spokesman Adam Bowie said in an emailed statement.
The existing vaccination rate for children older than six months to five years less a day with at least two doses is 1. 9 percent, Bowie said.
That’s nearly double the national two-dose rate of 1% as of Oct. 9, according to figures from the Public Health Agency of Canada.
The ministry then provided the province’s single dose rate of 5. 4 percent, under the national intake of 6. 5 percent, as of Oct. 9.
By comparison, 86. 9 per cent of Canadians over the age of five gained one dose, while 84. 2 per cent gained two doses.
Approximately 54. 7% of New Brunswick children aged five to 11 years received one dose and 39. 2% received two or more doses.
Among young people aged 12 to 17 in the province, 84. 5% gained one injection and 78. 9% gained at least two.
“As we said before, public fitness is more involved in someone getting a booster shot this fall than in the number of vaccines a user has won from the pandemic,” Bowie said.
“These vaccines are the way to decrease the chances of serious end results from a COVID-19 infection. “
Over the past week, another 4,739 COVID-19 vaccines, 173 first doses, 176 momentary doses, 431 booster first doses and 3,959 momentary booster doses were administered, according to the Ministry of Health.
Overall, 90. 7% of eligible New Brunswick residents have now gained their first dose (compared to 90. 6%), 85. 6% have gained their dose (compared to 85. 5%), 54. 1% have gained their first booster (compared to 53. 9%). ) and 24. 9% won their revocation (compared to 24. 1%).
Booster doses should be received for all New Brunswick residents five years of age or older, provided it has been five months since their last dose or COVID-19 infection, whichever is more recent, according to the Department of Health.
Information about vaccination clinic locations can be obtained online or by calling 1-833-437-1424.
To find out which COVID-19 vaccine is for adults or children, citizens can consult the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) vaccine data sheet.
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