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COVID-19: N.B. reports 2 new cases, vaccination rate climbs to 65.4 per cent

The Canadian Press file

More than 65 per cent of eligible residents in New Brunswick have now received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The province says 65.4 per cent of those aged 12 and up are fully immunized as of Wednesday — up from 64.7 per cent yesterday. Meanwhile, 81.7 per cent have received at least one dose.

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Public Health is also reporting two new cases of COVID-19 in the Moncton region: one linked to travel and the other under investigation.

There has been one new recovery, leaving the province with eight active reported cases.

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There have been 46 deaths so far, and currently, there are no hospitalizations.

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Since Tuesday, 597 tests were conducted for a total of 379,119.

-With files from the Canadian Press

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