New Brunswick health officials retroactively removed 46 people from its COVID death totals last week even though records show 31 had the virus listed as a "cause of death" on their official death registration forms. As well, the deaths would have been counted as COVID-related deaths in other jurisdictions.
Dozens of missing COVID-19 death records revealed by the New Brunswick government last week caused health officials to mislead themselves about when fatalities from last winter's Omicron wave had peaked just as they were faced with critical decisions about when to loosen health protections.
No more provincially mandated masks. No more limits on gatherings or distancing rules. No more legally required isolation for people infected with COVID-19. New Brunswick lifted all remaining COVID-19 restrictions at 12:01 a.m. AT Monday.