FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting four more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus today and a drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations.
The latest deaths involve two people in their 60s in the Edmundston region, a person in their 80s in the Saint John area and a person in their 80s in the Miramichi region.
There are 151 people in hospital due to COVID-19 — a drop of eight from Sunday.
Sixteen patients are in intensive care and eight patients are on ventilators.
The provincial COVID-19 dashboard indicates there are 344 health-care workers who are isolating after testing positive for COVID-19.
About 46.5 per cent of New Brunswickers aged five and older have received a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 7, 2022.
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