COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 269.According to the provincial COVID-19 dashboard, the deaths involve a person in their 70s in Zone 1, a person aged 90 or older in Zone 2, two people in their 70s in Zone 3, a person in their 80s in Zone 4, and a person in their 70s in Zone 7.
COVID-19: N.B. reporting 4 deaths and 344 health-care workers isolating with virus There are 151 people in hospital with COVID-19.
Of those, 70 were admitted for COVID-19. The other 81 patients were admitted for other reasons. Seventeen people are in ICU and eight people are on a ventilator.The dashboard said hospitals are at 91 per cent occupancy and ICU beds are at 74 per cent occupancy.However, there are now fewer health-care workers isolating due to COVID-19.
As of Tuesday, there were 325 workers who were isolating, 19 fewer than on Monday. The isolating staff include 285 from Vitalité and Horizon health networks and 40 from Ambulance New Brunswick.