New Brunswick reported six additional COVID-19 deaths in its latest weekly update.
This brings the total COVID-19 deaths in the province to 384.
The new update also shows there are currently 87 people in hospital with the virus — an increase of eight since last week. There are now 13 patients in intensive care, up from six last Tuesday.
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Although active hospitalizations increased, the number of new admissions — 74 — was lower in the period from April 17 to 23, compared to the previous seven-day period when there were 102 new admissions.
The province highlighted in the new report that “the highest portion of hospitalizations for COVID-19 is among individuals aged 60-79.”
However, this period’s hospitalizations included two individuals under the age of 10.
Public health recorded 1,988 new PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19, for an average of 284 per day in the seven-day period. It also reported 1,976 self-reported positive results from rapid tests.
— With files from The Canadian Press.
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