Dr. Jennifer Russell, chief medical officer of health for New Brunswick, provides an update on COVID-19 on Sept. 1, 2021. (Image: CPAC video capture
New Brunswick is continuing to see a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases as it grapples with the 4th wave of the pandemic.
Health officials reported 98 new cases on Thanksgiving Monday.
They say 48 per cent of the new infections are among the unvaccinated.
Forty-two cases – or 43 per cent – are fully vaccinated.
Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Jennifer Russell says you shouldn’t be alarmed by the climbing infection rate among people who have received both shots.
“As far more people are vaccinated than not vaccinated, we may see a rise in cases in vaccinated people but the risk to those vaccinated people remains far lower with fewer vaccinated people getting hospitalized or seriously ill,” says Russell. “Our ICU numbers are showing that difference in severity of illness as well with roughly 90 per cent of the cases unvaccinated.”
The new cases bring the number of active infections province-wide to 1,037.
That’s the highest it has been since the start of the pandemic.
New Brunswick has recorded a total 75 COVID-19-linked deaths.
