Nova Scotia health officials on Saturday reported 58 total active hospitalizations in designated COVID-19 units.
There are currently 10 people in intensive care with the virus. The average age of those hospitalized is 66 years, but the ages range from 0 to 100 years.
“Of the 58 people in hospital, 55 were admitted during the Omicron wave,” the statement read.
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There are also an additional 159 people in the hospital who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Of those, 51 people were “identified as positive upon arrival at the hospital, but were admitted for another medical reason, or were admitted for COVID-19 but no longer require specialized care.” Another 108 people contracted COVID-19 after being admitted to hospital for a different reason.
The province also reported 627 new PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19 after completing 4,124 tests. This means the positivity rate was 15.2 percent on Friday.
The new cases include 339 in the central zone, 113 in the east zone, 93 in the west zone and 82 cases in the north zone.
The province only releases abbreviated COVID-19 data on weekends as of last week, so no further information is available.
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