New Brunswick introduced on Friday two extra individuals have died of COVID-19. This brings the variety of COVID-related deaths within the province to 72.
An individual has died between the ages of 80 and 89 in Zone 1 (Moncton area), together with an individual 90 and over in Zone 5 (Campbellton area).
The province additionally reported Friday 130 new instances of COVID-19 Friday and 72 recoveries. The variety of energetic instances is now at 881.
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COVID-19: N.B. reviews 116 new instances, hospitals to limit guests
Of the brand new instances, 76 – or 58 per cent – are from individuals unvaccinated, 15 – or 11 per cent – are from individuals partially vaccinated, and 40– or 31 per cent – are from individuals totally vaccinated.
There are 58 individuals hospitalized because of the virus, with 30 intensive care unit. Nobody below the age of 19 is at present hospitalized.
Of these in hospital, 43 are unvaccinated, 4 are partially vaccinated and 11 are totally vaccinated.
As of Friday, 81.2 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers are totally vaccinated and 90.3 per cent have acquired their first vaccine dose.
Circuit breaker in areas with excessive transmission
As a result of excessive variety of COVID-19 transmissions, a circuit breaker shall be put in place in sure areas of the province for 14 days starting at 6 p.m. Friday.
The areas that shall be impacted are Zone 1 (Moncton area) as far north as and together with Sainte-Anne-de-Kent and together with Havelock in Zone 2; the northern portion of Zone 3 from and together with Deerville and Florenceville-Bristol; and all of Zone 4 (Edmundston area), together with Menneval in Zone 5.
Horizon hospitals returning to purple alert degree
Horizon Well being Community mentioned all of its hospitals and well being care services will return to purple alert degree protocols as of Oct. 13 because of the growing variety of COVID-19 instances and hospitalizations.
These measures shall be in place for 2 weeks after which reassessed at the moment.
“Whereas we’re ready to cope with surges and outbreaks, the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has proved to have a significant impact on our already-stressed well being care system,” mentioned Dr. John Dornan, Horizon’s interim President and CEO, in a launch issued Friday.
“Returning to those Pink alert degree protocols will enable us to redeploy employees to take care of our emergency companies and ICUs, caring for COVID-19 sufferers and people who are critically-ill,” he added.
This implies:
- Some non-urgent medical procedures and elective surgical procedures could also be postponed.
- Non-urgent Ambulatory Outpatient Clinics {and professional} service outpatient appointments, together with therapeutic companies, blood and specimen assortment, diagnostic imaging (X-ray), electrodiagnostics and respiratory remedy, might also be postponed.
- There shall be no guests allowed in hospitals, as was introduced on Oct. 7, and is efficient as of Oct. 8. Some exceptions to those customer restrictions are in place for sufferers who’re eligible for a delegated help individual.
- All sufferers, purchasers and help individuals will proceed to be screened for COVID-19 signs and requested a sequence of questions upon entry to our services.
- Sufferers are urged to hunt alternate choices for non-urgent well being care wants, somewhat than presenting to an Emergency Division/Pressing Care Centre.
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