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Public Health reported 58 new COVID-19 cases in New Brunswick over a three-day period between Saturday and Monday.
Health officials said there were 30 cases in the Moncton region, 16 in the Fredericton area, and four in the Saint John region.
The Miramichi region reported seven cases, while the Edmundston and Bathurst areas each had one new case.
Zone 1 (Moncton region):
- 11 people 19 and under;
- five people 20-29;
- seven people 30-39;
- one person 40-49;
- two people 50-59: and
- four people 60-69.
Twenty-one cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases, two are travel-related and seven are under investigation.
Zone 2 (Saint John region):
- one person 19 and under;
- one person 30-39; and
- two people 40-49.
All four cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases.
Zone 3 (Fredericton region) are as follows:
- eight people 19 and under;
- three people 20-29;
- one person 30-39;
- two people 40-49;
- one person 50-59; and
- one person 90 and over.
Seven of the cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases, six are travel-related and three are under investigation.
Zone 4 (Edmundston area):
- one person 40-49 who is a contact of a previously confirmed case.
Zone 6 (Bathurst region):
- one person 20-29 and that case is under investigation.
Zone 7 (Miramichi region):
- two people 19 and under;
- one person 50-59;
- two people 60-69; and
- one person 80-89.
Four cases are contacts of a previously confirmed case, one is travel related and one is under investigation.
There have been 37 recoveries since Friday for a total of 173 active cases. Three New Brunswickers are currently in the hospital with the virus.
Public Health says of the 340 confirmed cases reported since July 1, 74 per cent were not vaccinated, 15 per cent were partially vaccinated, and 11 per cent were fully vaccinated.
Dr. Cristin Muecke, the province’s deputy chief medical officer of health, is encouraging people to get vaccinated “as quickly as possible.”
“The risk is proven to be far lower when you are vaccinated. It protects you, the people you love and your community,” Muecke said in a news release.
“The virus is present in all areas of the province and you may not always be aware if you have been exposed. If you have symptoms you should assume you have COVID and get tested, especially if you are not fully vaccinated.”
You can find the list of potential public exposures to COVID-19 throughout the province online.
Vaccinations
As of Monday, 72.7 per cent of New Brunswickers aged 12 and older are fully vaccinated and 84 per cent have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Three walk-in vaccination clinics offering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are available on Monday:
- Moncton Coliseum, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Sussex Legion, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Pennfield Lions Club, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Five additional clinics will be taking place throughout the province on Tuesday:
- Woodstock, Ayr Motor Centre, 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Oromocto, Hazen Park Centre, 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Miramichi Exhibition Building, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Petitcodiac, Royal Canadian Legion, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Shippagan, Centre des congrès de la Péninsule acadienne (convention centre of the Acadian Peninsula), 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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