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Hospitals in New Brunswick are feeling the strain of the Omicron wave, with four hospitals at or near capacity.
“Our hospitals are caring for higher volumes of COVID-positive inpatients than at any other point in the pandemic,” a statement from the Horizon Health network said Tuesday.
The hospital network said that the number of people in hospital combined with staff shortages is having an impact on how it delivers care. The province shifted to emergency and urgent hospital care only at the end of 2021 as it faced a mounting Omicron wave.
On Wednesday, the province reported that 137 people were
