Nova Scotia reported 20 new COVID-19 cases and 34 recoveries on Friday.
There are 12 cases in the Central Zone and eight cases in the North Zone.
“There is a cluster of cases in a community located in the North Zone, and there is also evidence of limited community outreach in Halifax and parts of northern Nova Scotia,” the province said in a statement.
On December 2, a school was notified of an exposure to COVID-19. A full list of schools with exhibitions can be found here.
As of Friday, Nova Scotia has 199 active cases of COVID-19. Of them, 13 people are in the hospital, including five in the ICU.
33,983 rapid tests were administered between November 26 and December 2. This includes 1,236 rapid tests at the emerging sites in Halifax, Dartmouth, Bridgetown, Digby, Stewiacke, Weymouth and Springhill and 32,747 through the workplace screening program.
An additional 9,118 home rapid tests were distributed to the pop-up sites.
Nova Scotia Health labs completed 3,895 tests the day before.
As of Thursday, 1,646,458 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine had been administered. Of these, 793,402 Nova Scotians have received their second dose and 26,757 eligible Nova Scotians have received a third dose.
Since August 1, there have been 2,485 positive COVID-19 cases and 16 deaths. There are 2,270 solved cases.
COVID-19 vaccination
The National Immunization Advisory Committee now strongly recommends that adults age 50 and older be offered a COVID-19 booster shot, while those 18 to 49 years old may be offered a booster shot.
In a statement, the province said it is “prepared to act quickly to adopt its recommendations and will have more information on the implementation of Nova Scotia’s recommendations to share next week.”
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Nova Scotia reports high COVID-19 vaccination rates for employees under the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for key sectors and the provincial vaccination mandate for public officials.
According to the province, according to the mandate of key sectors, of those who reported, 99.2 percent of the 58,519 front-line workers in medical care, continuous care, emergency health services, education and other sectors that work with inhabitants Nova Scotia’s vulnerable have at least one dose of vaccine. and 97.0% are fully vaccinated. There are still 1,923 people to report for various reasons.
There are 960 employees, or 1.3 percent of the entire workforce in those sectors, who are now on unpaid leave because they are not vaccinated or did not report their vaccination status.
Among officials who have reported their vaccination status, 99.1% have at least one dose and 97.2% are fully vaccinated. There are still 621 employees to report for various reasons; most of them are currently on approved licenses.
There are 93 civil servants now on unpaid leave because they are not vaccinated or did not report their vaccination status.
The following have vaccination rates greater than 99 percent:
- Nova Scotia Health Authority – 99.6
- IWK Health Center – 99.2
- Education – 99.0
- Correctional Services – 99.6
- Emergency health services – 99.4
- Hearing and speaking Nova Scotia – 99.4
The province also released its weekly update on vaccination rates among cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.
There have been 98 cases of COVID-19 with an episode date between November 26 and December 2. From them:
- 34 (34.7%) were fully vaccinated
- 2 (2.0%) were partially vaccinated
- 62 (63.3%) were not vaccinated.
There have been 6,683 cases between March 15 and December 2. From them:
- 716 (10.7%) were fully vaccinated
- 405 (6.1%) were partially vaccinated
- 5,562 (83.2%) were not vaccinated.
There were 336 people hospitalized. Of those:
- 22 (6.5%) were fully vaccinated
- 33 (9.8%) were partially vaccinated
- 281 (83.6%) were not vaccinated.
Forty-four people died. Of those:
- 11 (25.0%) were fully vaccinated
- 3 (6.8%) were partially vaccinated
- 30 (68.2%) were not vaccinated.
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