FOG BLOG NEW BRUNSWICK NEWS LOG: PREMIER HIGGS MOVES NB TO LESS RESTRICTIVE LEVEL 2 TONIGHT AT 12A.
N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Province will move back to Level 2 on Friday night...Higgs defends move to lift restrictions two days earlier than originally planned......
Three more deaths
141 in hospital
Outbreaks at four correctional centres
Province moves to loosened Level 2 restrictions Friday night
Seven-day average of hospitalizations trending downward
Some Level 2 restrictions adjusted
New Brunswick will be returning to the less-restrictive Level 2 phase of restrictions at 11:59 p.m. Friday, two days earlier than initially planned. Premier Blaine Higgs made the announcement at a COVID-19 update on Thursday afternoon, saying that restrictions will be further lifted as vaccination rates improve. "Every day we are learning how to co-exist with COVID-19," Higgs said. "Yes, there will continue to be cases and a small percentage of those will require hospital care. But we have the tools to help us live with this virus today and in the future." The announcement comes 13 days after the province moved to Level 3, the most restrictive level of the province's Level 3 winter plan for COVID-19. The province's winter plan says an assessment of returning to Level 2 would be triggered by a decline in the seven-day average of hospitalizations. Dr. Jennifer Russell said Thursday that data shows hospital admissions peaked last week and have steadily declined, which she attributed largely to New Brunswickers' adherence to strict Level 3 rules around reducing public interactions.
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