N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 118 new cases, 31 confirmed cases of Omicron
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The province is reporting 118 new cases of COVID-19 in six regions today, with almost half of those cases in the Fredericton region, Zone 3.
There are 107 recoveries and 42 people in hospital, 17 of them in intensive care, Public Health said in a news release Monday afternoon.
Of those in hospital, 26 are over the age of 60 and 10 people are on a ventilator. There is no one under 19 in hospital with COVID-19.
Six of the 42 people hospitalized were initially admitted for other reasons and contracted COVID-19 because of outbreaks at hospitals in Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton and Miramichi.
Most of these people are exhibiting mild to moderate symptoms, Public Health said in the release.
The new cases break down in this way:
Moncton region, Zone 1
Saint John region, Zone 2
Fredericton region, Zone 3
Edmundston region, Zone 4
Bathurst region, Zone 6
Miramichi region, Zone 7
There is now a total of 31 confirmed cases of the Omicron variant in the province.
Since Nov. 26, when the Omicron variant was declared a variant of concern, 568 samples, including all travel-related cases, have been sequenced, Public Health said in a news release on Monday.
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