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• What to do if you have a symptom...New Brunswick has 58 new cases of COVID-19, and the number of people in hospital has increased to three, none of them in intensive care, Public Health announced Monday.

The province's total active caseload is now 173.

This was the first update of New Brunswick COVID-19 numbers since Friday, when 34 new cases were reported.

Of the new cases reported Monday, 85 per cent are in people who are not fully vaccinated, according to a news release.

That has also been the situation with 89 per cent of the cases of COVID confirmed since July 1, or 303 of 340, the release said.

As of Monday, 72.7 per cent of New Brunswickers aged 12 or older are fully vaccinated, up from 72.3 per cent on Friday, while 84 per cent have received at least one dose, up from 83.8.

"There are still many people in New Brunswick who need to get vaccinated as quickly as possible," Dr. Cristin Muecke, deputy chief medical officer of health, said in a statement.

"The risk is proven to be far lower when you are vaccinated. It protects you, the people you love and your community," she said.

"The virus is present in all areas of the province and you may not always be aware if you have been exposed. If you have symptoms you should assume you have COVID and get tested, especially if you are not fully vaccinated."

The new cases break down this way:

Moncton region, Zone 1, 30 cases:

• 11 people 19 or under

• Five people 20 to 29

• Seven people 30 to 39

• A person 40 to 49

• Two people 50 to 59

• Four people 60 to 69

Twenty-one of the cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases, two are travel-related and seven are under investigation.

Saint John region, Zone 2, four cases:

• A person 19 or under

• A person 30 to 39

• Two people 40 to 49

All four cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases.

Fredericton region, Zone 3, 16 cases:

• Eight people 19 or under

• Three people 20 to 29

• A person 30 to 39

• Two people 40 to 49

• A person 50 to 59

• A person 90 or over

Seven of these cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases, six are travel-related and three are under investigation.

Edmundston region, Zone 4, one case:

• A person 40 to 49

This case is a contact of a previously confirmed case.

Bathurst region, Zone 6, one case:

• A person 20 to 29

This case is under investigation.

Miramichi region, Zone 7, six cases:

• Two people 19 or under

• A person 50 to 59

• Two people 60 to 69

• A person 80 to 89

Four of the cases are contacts of a previously confirmed case, one is travel-related and the other is under investigation...