The province announced 10 new cases Friday and inched closer to its goal of getting first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of 75 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers by Monday at midnight.
N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 12 new cases, 45% upcoming vaccine appointments unbooked
New Brunswick reported 12 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and announced 45 per cent of vaccine appointments at regional health authority clinics in the next few days remain unbooked.
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Only 5 days left to vaccinate more than 72,000 people to reach 75% path to green target
Posted: Jun 02, 2021 12:30 PM AT | Last Updated: June 2
Health Minister Dorothy Shephard said she s confident New Brunswickers will step up and get vaccinated in the coming days.(Government of New Brunswick)
FREDERICTON New Brunswick is reporting 12 new cases of COVID-19 today. Health officials say the new cases involve five people in the Moncton region, five in the Fredericton area and two in the Bathurst region. New Brunswick has 146 active reported cases of COVID-19 and six patients in hospital with the disease. One New Brunswicker is hospitalized with COVID-19 outside the province. Officials say 62.6 per cent of all New Brunswickers aged 12 and older have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Health Canada extended the expiry date of tens of thousands of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses by one month on Saturday. That decision extends the use of AstraZeneca vaccines doses in New Brunswick, which were set to expire on May 31 but will now be used until July 1.
N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 5 new cases, province poised to miss vaccination target by 5 days
New Brunswick will miss its path to green goal of having 75 per cent of the eligible population vaccinated with their first dose of a COVID vaccine by five days, at the current rate, according to one data cruncher.
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Daily average of doses administered will need to jump from about 7,000 to more than 13,000, says Oliver Dueck
Posted: Jun 01, 2021 1:24 PM AT | Last Updated: June 1
More than 63 per cent of the eligible New Brunswick population has received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine, as of Tuesday.(Reuters)