New Brunswick’s COVID-19 threat index has more than doubled in a week and is now that of the country, according to an infectious disease researcher and co-founder of COVID-19 Resources Canada.
The province is still classified as “severe,” but its score for the period from Oct. 21 to Nov. 3 rose from 10 to 22. 8 a week ago, according to information posted Monday by Tara Moriarty on social media.
The national rate is 21. 2, with about one in 19 Canadians recently infected, says Moriarty, an associate professor at the University of Toronto.
In New Brunswick, about one in ten people is infected.
According to Moriarty, estimated infections in Canada have reached or are reaching the peak of all previous Omicron waves, with the exception of the December 2021 surge.
“We believe that mortality in Canada from this wave may reach the death point of all past waves of the COVID-19 pandemic so far, unless those at the highest risk of dying from COVID-19 get their boosters as soon as possible. “she says.
COVID killed 3 more New Brunswickers between Oct. 8 and Oct. 14, according to Tuesday’s Respiratory Watch report.
The other three people who died were 65 or older.
New Brunswick no longer provides a pandemic-like death toll and recently replaced its definition of COVID death with cases shown dying in the hospital, yet at least 949 New Brunswickers have died due to COVID.
Another fifty-seven people were hospitalized with or with COVID the week of the report, according to the report, the same number as last week.
Among those hospitalized were a young man between the ages of 5 and 19, three other people between the ages of 20 and 44, seven other people between the ages of 45 and 64 and another 46 people aged 65 and older.
Two of those Americans required intensive care: one between the ages of 45 and 64 and the other age 65 and older. That’s down from seven ICU admissions in the first week of October.
A total of 14 laboratory-confirmed outbreaks were reported, up from 20 in the previous report. At least two of them occurred in nursing homes, a chart shows, while the others occurred in “other facilities,” which can include adult residences and correctional facilities.
154 new cases of COVID-19 were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) laboratory tests, an increase of nearly 16 percent from last week.
The regional distribution of instances includes:
“COVID-19 activity remains subdued; Most signals have remained strong during the current reporting period,” the report says.
CBC has asked to speak with outgoing medical director of fitness, Dr. Schoenstatt. Jennifer Russell, or some other public fitness official, but Health Department spokesman Sean Hatchard said an interview is “not possible. “
Horizon Health Network has active COVID-19 patients as of Oct. 21, up from 76 last week, according to its COVID-19 dashboard.
Another six people require intensive care, compared with four.
The number of fitness gyms that have abandoned frames because they tested positive for COVID has dropped from 60 to 38.
There are COVID outbreaks in hospital units, compared to 13. These include:
Vitalité Health Network still only updates its COVID report monthly, with the next report expected on Oct. 31. However, it has updated its page on the COVID outbreak. On Monday, the outbreaks occurred in two clusters at Campbellton Regional Hospital: the geriatric unit and the transitional care unit.
One new case of influenza A was reported in the Saint John Zone 2 region between Oct. 8 and Oct. 14 and the individual, ages 20 to 44, required hospitalization, according to the provincial report.
The flu scenario is “stable,” he says.
A total of five cases of influenza have been reported this respiratory season.
An outbreak of influenza-like illness (ILI) was reported in a school the week of the report. No main points are provided about the school, the number of cases, or the breakdown between students and staff.
School outbreaks result in a 10% truancy rate due to flu-like symptoms, according to the report.
To date, more than 31,000 people have won the flu vaccine, the Ministry of Fitness told CBC.
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