N.B. Records 75th COVID Death; 98 Cases

New Brunswick reached a grim milestone Monday with 75 deaths linked to COVID-19.

Public Health announced a person in their 70s in the Saint John region had died as a result of COVID-19.

Ninety-eight new cases were reported with 48 per cent involving unvaccinated people, nine per cent involving partially vaccinated, and 43 per cent involving people who were fully vaccinated.

Dr. Jennifer Russell, the province’s chief medical officer of health, said the number of breakthrough cases in vaccinated people is “alarming” can be expected as the virus moves.

“As far more people are vaccinated than not vaccinated, we may see a rise in cases in vaccinated people but the risk to those vaccinated people remains far lower with fewer vaccinated people getting hospitalized or seriously ill,” Russell said in a news release.

“Our ICU numbers are showing that difference in the severity of illness as well with roughly 90 per cent of the cases unvaccinated.”

The number of active cases has reached 1,037. Fifty-six people are being hospitalized with the virus, 20 of them in the ICU. One of those in the hospital is a person under the age of 19.

Forty-four of the hospitalized patients are unvaccinated, three are partially vaccinated, and nine are fully vaccinated.

Provincial breakdown of new cases:

Zone 1 (the Moncton region) adds 24 new cases:

· Nine people 19 and under;

· Three people 30-39;

· A person 40-49;

· Two people 50-59;

· A person 60-69;

· Six people 80-89; and

· Two people 90 and over.

Nineteen cases are under investigation and five are contacts of previously confirmed cases.

Zone 2 (the Saint John region) has 8 new cases:

· Three people 19 and under;

· Two people 20-29;

· Two people 40-49; and

· A person 50-59.

Seven cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases and the other case is under investigation.

Zone 3 (Fredericton region) found 24 new cases:

· Eight people 19 and under;

· Two people 20-29;

· Two people 30-39;

· A person 40-49;

· Four people 50-59;

· Two people 60-69;

· A person 70-79;

· Three people 80-89; and

· A person 90 and over.

Nineteen cases are under investigation and five are contacts of previously confirmed cases.

Zone 4 (Edmundston region) has 23 new cases:

· Two people 19 and under;

· Eight people 20-29;

· Three people 30-39;

· Three people 40-49;

· Two people 50-59;

· Three people 60-69; and

· Two people 70-79.

Thirteen cases are under investigation and 10 are contacts of previously confirmed cases.

Zone 5 (Campbellton region) has 12 new cases:

· A person 20-29;

· A person 30-39;

· A person 40-49;

· Five people 50-59;

· Two people 60-69;

· A person 70-79; and

· A person 80-89.

Ten cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases and two cases are under investigation.

Zone 6 (Bathurst region) add four new cases:

· A person 19 and under;

· Two people 30-39; and

· A person 50-59.

Three cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases and the other case is under investigation.

Zone 7 (Miramichi region) adds 3 new cases:

· A person 19 and under;

· A person 40-49; and

· A person 50-59.

Two cases are under investigation and the other case is a contact of a previously confirmed case.

As of Monday, 81.5 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers are fully vaccinated while 90.7 per cent have had their first dose.

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— Government of NB (@Gov_NB) October 11, 2021