Pauline Gauvin became the first New Brunswicker to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Saturday morning.
The province’s first COVID vaccine clinic was held at the Miramichi Regional Hospital today.
Public Health says 1,950 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be administered to priority groups this weekend.
Five new cases of the virus were announced Saturday afternoon.
Two cases were found in the Saint John health zone, and one each in the Moncton, Edmundston, and Bathurst regions.
The Edmundston region remains in the orange level of pandemic recovery.
There are now 49 active cases of the virus province-wide. Public Health says there have been eight deaths related to COVID-19 since the pandemic started.
The province recently added a new designation to its COVID-19 dashboard for individuals that died for reasons unrelated to the virus after having been diagnosed. Public Health says there has been one patient in the province who fits that designation.
