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Ten more New Brunswickers who had COVID-19 have died, but the number of people hospitalized for the virus has remained stable and the number requiring intensive care has dropped, according to Tuesday's weekly update from the government.

New Brunswick has recorded 10 more COVID-related deaths and 79 people are hospitalized because of the virus, including 13 in intensive care, according to the weekly update Tuesday from the government.

Hundreds of New Brunswickers who are unvaccinated, or who failed to provide proof they are vaccinated against COVID-19, are scheduled to return to their jobs in vulnerable sectors across the province on Monday. But what mitigation measures they will have to follow remains unclear.

In less than two weeks, New Brunswick will lift all COVID-19 restrictions, but it remains unclear whether the doctors who refused to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be allowed to return to practise medicine.

The  New Brunswick government says it will continue monitoring COVID-19 in the province after restrictions end on March 14, but how it intends to do that isn't clear. Nor is its plan for testing.

New Brunswick is "on target" to return Level 2 of the COVID-19 winter plan by Jan. 31, as scheduled, says Premier Blaine Higgs.

New Brunswick’s medical society says the move to Level 3 of the province’s COVID-19 Winter Plan will help alleviate pressure on staff in the healthcare system – pressure that’s reached a breaking point.

More New Brunswickers can receive a booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, starting today, as the province recorded a pandemic record-high of hospitalizations.

Lola Trembath, 18, has a history of suicide risk. She was recently in the adult inpatient psychiatric unit in Fredericton but would prefer to be treated as a youth. She feels unsafe in the adult unit, which has unlocked showers and shared rooms.

Six days after being seriously injured, Hampton woman is still awaiting an ICU bed at the crowded, short-staffed Moncton hospital, where COVID-19 outbreaks have been declared in four units.