FOG BLOG NB COVID UPDATE LOG: GRIM PREDICTION FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF 5500 CASES/DAY AND 220 IN HOSP.
OVER 800 NEW CASES TODAY .....New Brunswick hits pandemic record-high hospitalizations, at 88...N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Province projects 5,500 new cases per day, 220 hospitalizations.....
People urged to reduce contacts as much as possible
377 health-care workers have tested positive
6 COVID outbreaks at Saint John Regional Hospital
COVID dashboard now includes positive rapid test results
More than 17,500 booster appointments booked since Monday
Public Health seeks volunteers
About 5,500 New Brunswickers are expected to test positive for COVID-19 daily by the end of January if current trends hold and no changes are made, according to the province's chief epidemiologist. Hospitalizations could reach nearly 220, Mathieu Chalifoux told a technical briefing Tuesday. A record high 88 people are now hospitalized because of the virus, he said, up from 86. That includes 14 people in intensive care, according to the COVID-19 dashboard. Eleven people are on ventilators, an increase of one. The virus has also claimed the life of another New Brunswicker — a person 90 or over in the Moncton region, Zone 1, Public Health said in a revised news release. This raises the pandemic death toll to 173. "The next few weeks will be intense," Chalifoux said.
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