Nova Scotia - 2021/2022 Covid cases

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Source: https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-ca...tia-100719627/

COVID-19 hospitalizations up, health-care worker absences down in Nova Scotia
John McPhee | Posted: 3 hours ago | Updated: 1 hour ago |

The number of people being treated for COVID-19 in hospital has risen slightly in Nova Scotia.

There are now 61 people in COVID-19 units, Nova Scotia Health reported Tuesday. That’s up from 59 reported Thursday.

Ten people are in intensive care.

There are also 143 inpatients who were identified as positive upon arrival at hospital but were admitted for another medical reason, or were admitted for COVID-19 but no longer require specialized care.

And 121 patients contracted COVID-19 after being admitted...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...d-19-1.6423743

N.S. acute care beds beyond capacity as COVID-19 continues to spread
Health authority says its acute care bed occupancy rate as of Tuesday was running at 106 per cent
Gareth Hampshire · CBC News · Posted: Apr 20, 2022 3:43 PM AT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Surging case numbers of COVID-19 are stretching Nova Scotia's hospitals to the point that there are now more patients than there are available acute care beds.

Nova Scotia's health authority confirmed its acute care bed occupancy rate as of Tuesday was running at 106 per cent. The numbers fluctuate daily, but there were 1,712 acute care beds and 1,815 patients provincewide.

A spokesperson said those 103 patients needing care would be in other parts of the hospital, like the emergency department, waiting for a bed to open up.

Acute care is defined by the health authority as in-patient medical, surgical, intensive care, obstetrics and pediatric nursing services.

Dr. Nicole Boutilier, vice-president of medicine for Nova Scotia Health, said staff have been busy creating new spaces for high-acuity patients in other hospital units...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...l-28-1.6430938

Nova Scotia reports 24 COVID-19 deaths in past week, an all-time high
Daily case average stands at 777 new cases, down from 1,073 a week ago
Anam Khan · CBC News · Posted: Apr 28, 2022 5:44 PM AT | Last Updated: April 28

Nova Scotia is reporting a record number of COVID-19 deaths in its latest weekly report.

Twenty-four people died between April 19 and 25. Since Dec. 8, the beginning of the Omicron surge, 202 Nova Scotians have died from COVID-19. Their ages range from between 10 and 100 years old, with a median age of 80.

"The number of deaths isn't surprising. It's very extremely unfortunate but it's not surprising," said Dr. Shelley Deeks in a teleconference Thursday.

"As the numbers go up, we do know that a certain proportion will be severe, will be hospitalized and unfortunately will die."

There are 55 people currently in hospital due to COVID-19, including 10 in ICU.

However, the number of cases overall is decreasing. The daily case average stands at 777 new cases, down from 1,073 a week ago...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...ay-5-1.6442151

N.S. reports 22 COVID-19 deaths, 2nd highest weekly count since pandemic began
Daily case average continues to drop and stands at 488 new cases
Anam Khan · CBC News · Posted: May 05, 2022 3:31 PM AT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Nova Scotia continues to report a high number of COVID-19 deaths in its latest weekly report released Thursday.

While COVID cases appear to be decreasing, data for the latest seven-day period shows the second highest number of COVID deaths reported since the pandemic began.

There were 22 deaths reported to Public Health between April 25 and May 2. The week before had 24 deaths, the highest since the pandemic began.

In that time period, there were also 3,415 new PCR-confirmed cases. The daily case average stands at 488 new cases, down from 777 a week ago and 1,073 the week before...

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Source: https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-s-repo...ases-1.5900521


N.S. reports 18 deaths related to COVID-19; drop in hospitalizations, cases
Alex MacIsaac
CTVNewsAtlantic.ca writer
Published May 12, 2022 3:15 p.m. EDT

Health officials in Nova Scotia are reporting a drop in deaths, hospitalizations and case numbers in the province’s weekly COVID-19 update.

The province announced 18 deaths due to COVID-19 Thursday – four fewer than were reported last week.

The data released Thursday covers a seven-day period ending May 9.

"We're seeing virus activity continue to slow down in Nova Scotia and that's great news, but the number of hospitalizations and deaths remains high, and that's important to keep in mind even as we make our way out of the sixth wave," said Dr. Robert Strang, chief medical officer of health for Nova Scotia in a news release.

The province says the number of COVID-19 cases linked to long-term care and residential care facilities is down this week.

They also note the report shows the association between age and severe outcomes.

Since the start of the Omicron wave, which began on Dec. 8, 2021, Nova Scotia has reported 242 deaths related to COVID-19, with a median age of 81.

HOSPITALIZATIONS

Health officials say 65 more people have been hospitalized with COVID-19, a drop of 12 from last week’s numbers....

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...2022-1.6459423

N.S. reports 24 COVID-19 deaths, daily average of 359 cases in weekly update
Number of deaths tied with previous record high death count from COVID-19
CBC News · Posted: May 19, 2022 2:35 PM AT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Nova Scotia is reporting 24 more COVID-19 deaths in its latest weekly update, a tie for the most deaths ever reported in the province in a single week.

The province also reported a daily average of 359 people testing positive from PCR tests — down slightly from last week.

Of the 24 deaths reported in the seven-day period ending May 16, 22 people (91.7 per cent) were 70 or older. The age range for the other two deaths is 50 to 59. The province noted nine of the people who died lived in long-term care facilities.

Nova Scotia's deputy chief medical officer of health expects those numbers to go down soon.

"It's not unusual for deaths to lag behind case numbers and even hospitalizations and ... l expect in the coming weeks the number of deaths will decrease," Dr. Shelley Deeks said in a teleconference Thursday.

The province said hospitalizations are nearly 11 times higher, and the risk of death is 114 times higher for people 70 and older compared to younger people...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...2022-1.6466399

N.S. reports 13 COVID-19 deaths, 226 daily average of cases in weekly update
Hospitalizations and new cases continue to decline, according to province
CBC News · Posted: May 26, 2022 3:02 PM AT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Nova Scotia is reporting 13 deaths caused by COVID-19 for the seven-day period ending May 23.

Nova Scotia health authority labs confirmed 1,584 new cases of the virus that week, an average of 226 new cases a day, according to a news release from the province Thursday.

There were 40 new hospitalizations as the result of the virus for that seven-day period.

The number of new cases continues to decline, along with the number of hospitalizations, the release said.

The province said hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are nearly 11 times higher, and the risk of death is 114 times higher, for people 70 and older compared to younger people.

A news release from the health authority on Thursday said 187 people currently in hospital have COVID-19.

33 people are in hospital due to COVID-19, including eight in intensive care.
171 people are in hospital for something else but have COVID-19.
83 people contracted COVID-19 after being admitted to hospital.

Hospitalization numbers for the IWK Health Centre are not included in the Nova Scotia Health figures. CBC News has requested the numbers from that facility and is awaiting a response.

Staffing numbers for the health authority were not included because of a technical issue, a release said...

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/8888810/n...e-june-2-2022/

COVID-19: N.S. reporting 9 deaths in weekly report, all among people 70 and older
By Rebecca Lau Global News
Posted June 2, 2022 2:28 pm

Nova Scotia’s weekly COVID-19 report shows 1,563 new lab-confirmed cases, 41 hospitalizations and nine deaths during the seven-day period ending May 30.

All the deaths in this report were among people aged 70 or older.

The province noted in a news release Thursday that the number of new PCR-positive tests and hospitalizations is “similar” to last week.

Dr. Robert Strang, the province’s chief medical officer of health, said while virus activity has “slowed” over the past few weeks, it “hasn’t stopped.”...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...2022-1.6490988

N.S. reports 10 COVID-19 deaths, average of 278 daily cases in weekly update
Positive tests slightly higher this week, but hospitalizations and deaths are down
CBC News · Posted: Jun 16, 2022 3:33 PM AT | Last Updated: 22 minutes ago

Nova Scotia is reporting 10 COVID-19 deaths, 28 hospitalizations and a daily average of 278 lab-confirmed cases in its weekly figures.

The figures are from a seven-day period that ended June 13. The province said hospitalizations and deaths are down this week.

Starting this week, the number of lab-confirmed cases includes people who have COVID-19 for the second time or more. It said reinfections were not previously included in data reports because the number was small.

"Since the beginning of the Omicron wave, there have been 215 people who have tested positive 90 days or more after a previous positive PCR test result," Nova Scotia's Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Shelley Deeks said in a news release.

"At this point, many Nova Scotians have tested positive for COVID-19, so the chances of reinfection become more probable; that is why we have shifted our reporting to include the number of reinfections in our weekly case count."

All of the COVID-19 deaths reported this week were people at least 70 years of age or older. Since March 2020, there have been 431 COVID-19 deaths in Nova Scotia...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...ions-1.6498835

N.S. reports 7 COVID-19 deaths, daily average of 203 positive PCR tests in weekly update
The new data comes from the province's weekly COVID-19 report ending June 20
CBC News · Posted: Jun 23, 2022 1:05 PM AT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

Nova Scotia is reporting seven COVID-19 deaths in the past week, and a daily average of 203 lab-confirmed cases in its latest update.

The figures are from a seven-day period that ended June 20. The province said hospitalizations are up, but deaths and the number of positive PCR tests (a total of 1,420 over seven days) are down slightly from last week. That number does not include positive rapid test results.

"It is encouraging to see that we have another week with decreasing COVID-19 activity," Nova Scotia's Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Shelley Deeks said in the news release...