FOG BLOG NB COVID 19 LOG: 130 CASES, 9 HERE IN S.J. AS THE THANKSGIVING LONG WEEKEND BEGINS:

N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 2 more deaths, 130 new cases, Horizon moves to 'red alert'.......Some non-urgent medical procedures and elective surgeries may be postponed over next 2 weeks, says interim CEO........

• 881 active cases, 58 people in hospital, 30 in ICU

• Breakdown of new cases

• Peace officers will have more powers this weekend

• MLA calls for different way of reporting vaccination rates

• 2 more deaths, no new cases at Sackville nursing home

• New public exposure notices

• Previous exposure notices

New Brunswick recorded two more COVID-related deaths and 130 new cases Friday, and the Horizon Health Network announced it will move all of its hospitals and health-care centres to the "red alert" COVID-19 level next Wednesday. A person in their 80s in the Moncton region, Zone 1, and a person 90 or older in the Campbellton region, Zone 5, have died, putting the province's death toll at 72. Fifty-eight people hospitalized because of the virus, up from 55 on Thursday, with 30 of them in intensive care, a decrease of one. There are now 881 active cases of COVID across the province. "While we are prepared to deal with surges and outbreaks, the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has proved to have a major effect on our already-stressed health care system," Horizon's interim president and CEO Dr. John Dornan said in a statement.