COVID-19: N.B. reports 5 more deaths as public service employees urged to get vaccinated
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There are still 7,000 public service employees who do not yet have their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, said Health Minister Dorothy Shephard.
Five more New Brunswickers have died of COVID-19, the province’s health minister announced Friday.
Four of the deaths were in the Moncton region, involving two people in their 60s, a person in their 70s and a person in their 80s. A person in their 70s in Zone 5, the Campbellton region, has also died.
“Every time we learn that more people have lost their life because of the virus, it is incredibly difficult and I know all New Brunswickers are feeling the impact of these losses,” said Dorothy Shephard during a news conference Friday.
The province reported 40 new COVID-19 cases and 67 recoveries and Shephard said she was pleased to see the number of recoveries were higher than new cases.
“This is a positive trend that will hopefully continue,” she said.
Of the 40 new cases, 29 were unvaccinated, two were partially vaccinated and nine were fully vaccinated.
There are currently 50 people in hospital due to the virus, of whom 25 are unvaccinated, three are partially vaccinated and 22 are fully vaccinated. There are 15 people in ICU, 14 of whom are unvaccinated and one is partially vaccinated.
Shephard noted that earlier in the month, the province announced that all public service employees would need to be fully vaccinated by Nov. 19. If they are not able to show proof of vaccination by that date, they will be sent home without pay.
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