COVID-19 has killed two more New Brunswickers, though no new flu deaths have been reported and hospitalizations for either virus have declined, though there are four young people under the age of 19, according to updated figures released Tuesday in the province.
“COVID-19 activity remains subdued; peak signs (number of cases, percent positivity, ICU admissions, and number of deaths) have remained robust during the current reporting period,” Respiratory Watch says about the week of Feb. 11-17.
“The flu has remained stable. “
The other two people who died from COVID in the baseline week were between the ages of 45 and 64 and 65 or older, according to the report.
COVID has already claimed the lives of at least 1,013 New Brunswickers since the start of the pandemic. The actual total is unclear as the province now only counts other people who died in hospital as COVID deaths.
The number of people hospitalized with COVID or any other illness who later tested positive for the virus dropped from 31 to 17 last week, a low of 45%.
Two other people needed intensive care, compared to the previous four.
Among those hospitalized is a young man between the ages of five and 19.
There is also one user between the ages of 20 and 44, two between the ages of 45 and 64 and another thirteen people aged 65 and over, totaling two in intensive care, according to the report.
Six COVID-19 outbreaks have been demonstrated through lab results, one in a nursing home and five in “other facilities,” according to the report. That’s up from two last week.
The number of new cases detected by PCR (polymerase chain reaction) laboratory tests is 79, up from 76, although the actual number is likely higher as the province has limited PCR testing to others counseled through a health care provider since April. for whom the result will directly influence their remedy or care.
The positivity rate, or the percentage of lab PCR tests performed that produced a result, is seven percent, up from six percent previously.
More than 1,300 XBB. 1. 5 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the past week, bringing the total to 144,800 since Oct. 4, according to Health Ministry figures.
The flu sent seven other people to the hospital between Feb. 11 and Feb. 17, none of whom required intensive care.
That’s down from one and one respectively in the previous report.
Among those admitted to the hospital are three young people between the ages of five and 19, as well as two other people between the ages of 20 and 44 and two other people over the age of 65.
Two laboratory-confirmed influenza outbreaks were reported in “other facilities,” the same number as a week earlier, and two new outbreaks of “influenza-like illness” in schools, compared with five.
School outbreaks result in a 10% truancy rate due to flu-like symptoms, according to the report.
There are new laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza, compared to 93. The positivity rate is 8 percent, unchanged.
Of the new cases, 37 were influenza B cases, 37 were influenza A cases (not subtyped) and the remaining seven were influenza A(H1N1) pdm09 cases, according to the report.
The latest cases bring the total number of flu cases recorded in the province to 2,526 since the start of the respiratory season on Aug. 27.
A total of 219,509 New Brunswickers were vaccinated against the flu this season on Tuesday, up from 217,519 a week ago, according to Health Department figures.
CBC has requested an interview with Dr. Yves Léger, the province’s acting director of health.
Vitalité Health Netpaintings released its monthly COVID report Tuesday afternoon, showing that 33 fitness staff members were off work after testing positive for the virus on Saturday. That’s up from last month’s 20.
According to the report, the number of COVID-19 patients in Vitalité hospitals has decreased by 50% to five in the last month. None of them require intensive care, only one in the previous report.
Three hospitals have one unit with a COVID outbreak, as of Feb. 21, the most recent update.
These come with the Continuous Care Unit (3E) at the Dr. Georges-L. -Dumont University Hospital Center in Moncton, the Forensic Psychiatry-Rehabilitation Unit (D-2) at the Restigouche Hospital Center, and the Medical Unit at Lamèque Hospital. and Community Health Center.
Horizon Health Network had 23 COVID-positive workers absent Saturday, according to its COVID-19 dashboard, a nearly 77% increase from last week, when thirteen workers were infected.
Horizon has 33 active COVID-19 hospitalizations, up from 27. None are in intensive care, up from one.
Like Vitalité, Horizon had 3 hospitals, with a COVID outbreak unit, as of Tuesday: the Transitional Care Unit at Saint John’s Regional Hospital, Charlotte County Hospital at St. John’s Family Medicine Unit, Charlotte County Hospital at St. John’s Family Medicine Unit, and Charlotte County Hospital at St. John’s Family Medicine Unit. John and the St. John’s Family Medicine Unit. . Stephen and the Surgical Unit at Miramichi Regional Hospital.
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