Efforts to outpace the spread of COVID-19 through vaccination continued in Atlantic Canada Wednesday, as two provinces in the region reported a rise in infections driven by variants of concern. New Brunswick officials reported 16 new cases Wednesday, half of which were in the Moncton region. The province has 115 active reported cases of COVID-19 and one person in hospital with the disease. Meanwhile, health authorities in Nova Scotia reported nine new COVID-19 cases Wednesday and a total of 25 active infections in the province. Just over 77 per cent of Nova Scotia’s population has received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 68.5 per cent are fully vaccinated.

Source: thestar August 18, 2021 19:11 UTC