{"id":11332,"date":"2021-03-15T18:21:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T21:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/?p=11332"},"modified":"2021-03-15T18:25:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T21:25:50","slug":"monday-covid-update-testing-lags-while-vaccinations-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/monday-covid-update-testing-lags-while-vaccinations-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday COVID update: testing lags while vaccinations surge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The province announced one new case of COVID-19 in New Brunswick on Monday afternoon. Someone in their 50\u2019s in the Edmundston region testing positive for COVID-19. The case is considered travel-related, and the person is self-isolating<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are now 36 people in the province with COVID-19, and one of those is in hospital. In Zone 1, there are 9 active cases of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Testing continues to slow down across the province, with only 451 tests conducted, 190 of those in Zone 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the rest of the Atlantic provinces, no new cases of COVID-19 were reported on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Data: NB COVID-19 Dashboard. Chart: Erica Butler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The province also updated its COVID-19 vaccination rollout numbers on Monday afternoon, and the good news is it surpassed the target it announced last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12,871 doses of a vaccine were given in the past 7 days, about 2,000 more than the province had planned, and nearly three times as many as were administered the week before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lion\u2019s share of those shots were a first dose of a vaccine. Just 43 shots were second doses, which brought the total of fully vaccinated people in the province to 12,195, or just over 1.5% of the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A much larger number of people have received at least one shot of a vaccine: 39,159 people or just over 5% of the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rollout continues today with only those people 85 and older being eligible to book an appointment with a pharmacy to receive a shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supply does not seem to be an issue at the moment in New Brunswick. In the past 7 days the province received 19,860 doses. To date, the province has received a total of nearly 76,000 doses. About 32%, nearly 25,000, of those doses have yet to be been administered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday\u2019s news release makes no mention of a goal for this week in terms of numbers, but does say the province intends to complete first doses for all long term care residents as well as First Nations communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sackville vaccinations: people 85 and over can call pharmacies now for appointments starting March 24<\/a><\/blockquote>