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N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 5 new deaths, death toll now highest of the Atlantic provinces
69 new cases reported and 55 people in hospital, including two age 19 or under
CBC News · Posted: Oct 20, 2021 10:23 AM AT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
Five more New Brunswickers have died from COVID-19, Public Health reported Wednesday. That pushes the total number of COVID-related deaths to 24 in the past eight days and 99 since the pandemic began.
Cumulative deaths from COVID-19 have now exceeded those in the other three Atlantic provinces.
Nova Scotia, which once dwarfed New Brunswick for fatalities, had no new deaths Wednesday and a total of 98.
Newfoundland and Labrador have recorded 15 deaths, while Prince Edward Island has had none.
Three people in their 60s – one in the Edmundston region, Zone 4, and two in the Bathurst region, Zone 6 – a person in their 80s in the Campbellton region, Zone 5, and a person 90 or over in the Moncton region, Zone 1, have died "as a result of COVID-19."...
N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 5 new deaths, death toll now highest of the Atlantic provinces
69 new cases reported and 55 people in hospital, including two age 19 or under
CBC News · Posted: Oct 20, 2021 10:23 AM AT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
Five more New Brunswickers have died from COVID-19, Public Health reported Wednesday. That pushes the total number of COVID-related deaths to 24 in the past eight days and 99 since the pandemic began.
Cumulative deaths from COVID-19 have now exceeded those in the other three Atlantic provinces.
Nova Scotia, which once dwarfed New Brunswick for fatalities, had no new deaths Wednesday and a total of 98.
Newfoundland and Labrador have recorded 15 deaths, while Prince Edward Island has had none.
Three people in their 60s – one in the Edmundston region, Zone 4, and two in the Bathurst region, Zone 6 – a person in their 80s in the Campbellton region, Zone 5, and a person 90 or over in the Moncton region, Zone 1, have died "as a result of COVID-19."...
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