N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 2,548 new cases, 2 deaths, 500 health-care workers isolating
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The province reported 2,548 new cases and two more deaths because of COVID-19 on Monday.
Two people in the Fredericton region, Zone 3, have died, one of them in their 60s and the other in their 70s, Public Health said in a news release late Monday.
The new case numbers, which encompass the weekend's case counts, reflect three consecutive days of record numbers, including 797 new cases on Saturday, 829 on Sunday and 922 today.
There are more than 500 regional health authority employees off work and isolating because of COVID-19, including 461 Horizon Health Network employees and 69 Vitalité Health Network employees.
Fifty-one people with the virus are in hospital. Of these, 17 are in intensive care, 33 are over the age of 60 and 12 are on ventilators. No one under 19 is hospitalized. Public Health reported 435 recoveries since Friday, bringing the province's active case count to 5,442.
The new cases reported since Friday break down this way:
Moncton region, Zone 1
Saint John region, Zone 2
Fredericton region, Zone 3
Edmundston region, Zone 4
Campbellton region, Zone 5
Bathurst region, Zone 5
Miramichi region, Zone 7
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