
N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 1 new death, 98 cases reported on Monday
CBC
New Brunswick reported 98 new COVID-19 cases and one new death on Monday.
Public Health confirmed that a person 70 to 79 from the Saint John region has died.
The total active case count is 1,037 and the numbers of deaths due to COVID-19 is 75.
As of Monday, 90.7 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 81.5 per cent are fully vaccinated.
There are 56 people hospitalized due to the coronavirus, 20 of whom are in intensive care. One person under the age of 19 is hospitalized.
Of those in hospital, 44 are unvaccinated, three are partially vaccinated and nine are fully vaccinated.
Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Jennifer Russell said that as more people get vaccinated, the proportion of breakthrough cases is expected to increase.