Nova Scotia reports 12 deaths in latest COVID-19 update – CBC
All deaths were previously unreported, meaning they most likely occurred within last weeks or months
May 04, 2023
Nova Scotia reported 12 COVID-19 deaths in its weekly update on Thursday.
All deaths were previously unreported, meaning they most likely occurred within last weeks or months.
Since March 2020, there have been 853 deaths related to the virus.
The province also reported 151 new cases confirmed by PCR tests, with a daily average of 22. This is down from the previous week when there were 196 lab-confirmed cases.
Nova Scotia Health reported 96 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Thursday. This is an increase from the previous reporting period when there were 90 people in hospital with COVID-19.
Of those 96 people:
11 were in hospital for COVID-19 (including fewer than five people in ICU).
59 were in hospital for something else but have COVID-19.
26 patients contracted COVID-19 after admission.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-covid-19-update-may-4-2023-1.6831894
