Nova Scotia reports 1 new death from COVID-19 in weekly update – CBC

Positive test results, number of people in hospital with COVID-19 are down

Nov 17, 2022

Nova Scotia reported one new COVID-19 death within the latest reporting week, which ran from Nov. 8 to Nov. 14, as well as 15 more deaths from a previous a previous reporting period the province didn’t specify.

The 15 deaths were listed in a recently added category on Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 dashboard that launched on the dashboard on Nov. 3. The province said deaths reported in this category could be from any past reporting period.

The province also reported a daily average of 79 positive PCR tests for a total of 552.

The province reported 552 new cases confirmed by PCR tests for that same time period — a daily average of 79. This is down from last week, when there were 671 PCR-confirmed cases.

Nova Scotia Health reported 238 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Thursday. That is down from 264 the previous week.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-covid-19-update-november-17-2022-1.6655244