FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting another three deaths from COVID-19 in the province today, increasing the toll to 278 since the start of the pandemic.
The latest deaths involve two people in the Saint John region — one in their 40s and the other over 90 — and a person over 90 in the Fredericton area.
There are 140 people hospitalized as a result of COVID-19, up one from Wednesday.
That includes one person in intensive care and eight people on ventilators.
There are 321 health-care workers who are isolating after testing positive for COVID-19.
Provincial data shows 85.7 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers five and older have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine and 47 per cent have had booster shots.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 10, 2022.
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