New Brunswick reported six more deaths due to 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.
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.
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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.
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The province also reported 256 new cases from lab-based PCR tests and 643 from rapid tests. There are now an estimated 3,359 active cases of COVID-19.
As for vaccination rates, 92.4 per cent of those aged five and older have had a first dose, 85.5 per cent have had a second dose, and 46.6 per cent have had a booster shot.
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