COVID-19: NS Says 6 New Hospitalizations, 891 More Lab-Confirmed Cases – Halifax | The Canadian News

Nova Scotia reported six new COVID-19 hospitalizations on Friday and nearly 900 new PCR-confirmed cases.

Six people have been discharged from hospital, for a total of 57 people currently in hospital with the virus, including 10 in intensive care.

The province says the age range of those hospitalized is 0 to 100, but the median age is 65.

As indicated in Friday’s statement, the vaccination status of those hospitalized is:

• 5 (8.8 percent) with a third dose or booster dose
• 34 (59.6 percent) with two doses
• 3 (5.3 percent) with a dose
• 15 (26.3%) are not vaccinated

“It is important to note that less than 10 percent of Nova Scotians are unvaccinated,” the statement said.

There are also an additional 157 people in the hospital who have tested positive for COVID-19.

Of those, 52 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 105 people contracted COVID-19 after being admitted to hospital for a different reason.

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Nova Scotia Health completed 5,074 tests for the virus on Thursday and confirmed an additional 891 new cases of COVID-19 in the province.

These cases include 534 in the Central Zone, 198 in the East Zone, 77 in the North Zone, and 82 cases in the West Zone.

There are now an estimated 6,648 active cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia.

Outbreaks in hospitals and nursing homes

Public Health reported that cases were found in three hospitals. Since Friday’s release, these include:

• an additional patient in a ward at Northside General Hospital in North Sydney; a total of 12 patients have now tested positive
• an additional patient in a separate ward at Northside General Hospital; fewer than 10 patients have tested positive
• one additional patient at Cape Breton Regional Hospital; fewer than 10 patients have tested positive

On top of that, four long-term care facilities have declared outbreaks.

As stated in the release, this includes:

• three employees and five residents at Wolfville Nursing Home in Wolfville
• six employees and two residents at Glen Haven Manor in New Glasgow
• 14 employees and 11 residents at Cove Guest Home in Sydney
• two residents in the long-term care unit at Harbor View Hospital in Sydney Mines