FOG BLOG NB COVID 19 UPDATE LOG: MIXED NEWS, 1 NEW CASE, 1 DEATH AND 6 VARIANT DETECTED:
THE NEWS IS MIXED WITH ONE OF THE LOWEST NEW CASE COUNTS IN RECENT HISTORY HERE IN NEW BRUNSWICK BUT COMES WITH BAD NEWS AS THERE IS ANOTHER DEATH IN THE EDMUNDSTON REGION AND 6TH VARIANT CASE DETECTED!
One new death, at Edmundston care home
One new case reported
Sixth variant case confirmed
Israeli vaccine study suggests high rate of protection against infection
New Brunswick has lost another individual to COVID-19, bringing New Brunswick's pandemic-related death toll to 26. Public Health confirmed Monday that a person between 80 and 89 years old has died as a result of underlying complications, including COVID-19. This person was a resident of Manoir Belle Vue, an adult residential facility in Edmundston. Public Health did not hold a live update on Monday, but in a news release, both Premier Blaine Higgs and Dr. Jennifer Russell, the chief medical officer of health, extended their sympathies to the families of the victim.......A sample sent to Winnipeg's National Microbiology Laboratory earlier this month from Moncton's Dr. Georges-L-Dumont University Hospital Centre's microbiology laboratory has been confirmed as the B117 variant first reported in the U.K.
The case is a previously reported case, in the Edmundston region, Zone 4, and marks the sixth case of the variant in New Brunswick.
A fifth case was confirmed last week. Public Health will not say which zone it's in.
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