New Brunswick's rapid journey from 1st to worst in preventing COVID deaths comes with few explanations
A year after New Brunswick residents set a dubious Canadian record for COVID-19 deaths, provincial health officials remain reluctant to speak about what went wrong in the province or even acknowledge that things did go wrong.
![New Brunswick's rapid journey from 1st to worst in preventing COVID deaths comes with few explanations](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6963611.1694480362!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/grave-with-flowers-2022.jpg)
![New Brunswick set a record for deaths in 2021 but current estimates are that fatalities in 2022 were more than 10 percent higher. A gravestone that says 2022 is shown with a bouquet of bright flowers leaning against it.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6963611.1694480362!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/grave-with-flowers-2022.jpg)
A year after New Brunswick residents set a dubious Canadian record for COVID-19 deaths, provincial health officials remain reluctant to speak about what went wrong in the province or even acknowledge that things did go wrong.