FOG BLOG NB COVID 19 LOG: 116 NEW CASES AS WE NEAR THE THANKSGIVING RESTRICTIONS:

COVID-19: N.B. reports 116 new cases, hospitals to restrict visitors...New Brunswick is reporting 116 new COVID-19 cases Thursday — more than 30 per cent of which involve people who were fully vaccinated.

Public Health says of the new cases, 71 (61.2 per cent) were unvaccinated, 10 (8.6 per cent) were partially vaccinated and 35 (30.2 per cent) were fully vaccinated.

“While we continue to see cases pop up in the vaccinated population, we know you are 16 times more likely to contract COVID-19 if you are unvaccinated. If you are vaccinated you are also much less likely to get seriously ill or end up in hospital,” said Dr. Jennifer Russell, chief medical officer of health, in a release..........With 66 recoveries reported, there are now 825 active cases in the province. There are 55 people hospitalized, including 31 in an intensive care unit.

Of those in hospital, Public Health says 41 are unvaccinated, three are partially vaccinated and 11 are fully vaccinated.

No one under the age of 19 is currently hospitalized.

The province said it has reached a milestone Thursday, with 90.1 per cent of the eligible population having received at least their first dose of a vaccine.

Meanwhile, 81.1 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers are fully vaccinated.