Nova Scotia reports 76 people in designated COVID-19 units Sunday

Nova Scotia reported 76people in designated COVID-19 units on Sunday, including 13in intensive care.

The age range for peoplein hospital is nine to 93 years old,and the medianageis 66.

Nova Scotia Health labs completed1,792tests on Saturday and found 243 new cases of the virus. There are 96 cases in the central zone, 59 cases inthe eastern zone, 41 cases in thenorthern zone,and 47 in the western zone.

The number of hospital admissions and discharges was not available Sunday. The province issues an abbreviated update on weekends.

On Friday, Nova Scotia reported its youngest COVID-19 death,a child between fiveand 11.

Since the Omicron wave began onDec. 8, 58NovaScotianshave died because ofCOVID-19.

As of Friday, there were an estimated 3,153active cases ofCOVID-19 in Nova Scotia.

Unvaccinated Nova Scotiansare about 4.5times more likely to be hospitalized or die due to COVID-19 than someone with two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. That is based on average hospitalizations since the province started releasing daily hospitalization numbers by vaccine status on Jan. 4.

Unvaccinated people arealso more than seven times as likely to die of COVID-19 than someone who had received a booster dose.

Nova Scotia: COVID-19 positivity rate

There aretwo other groups of people in hospital related to COVID-19:

• 132 people who were identified as positive upon arrival at hospital but were admitted for another medical reason, or were admitted forCOVID-19but no longer require specialized care.
• 148 people who contractedCOVID-19 after being admitted to hospital.

Atlantic Canada case numbers

• New Brunswickreported four deaths on Sunday. The province is reporting 266 new positive PCR testsand 116 people hospitalized, including 15in intensive care. New Brunswick has reported 290deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
• Newfoundland and Labradorreported 26hospitalizations on Sunday, the most the province has ever had. The province also reported 237 new cases and has 1,690active cases.
• Prince Edward Islandreportedeight people in hospital on Sunday, no change from the previous day. There are 143 new cases.