Nova Scotia reports 25 COVID-19 deaths in latest update – CBC

24 deaths were previously unreported, meaning they most likely occurred within the last weeks or months

Feb 16, 2023

Nova Scotia reported 25 COVID-19 deaths in a weekly update on Thursday, 24 of which are from previous reporting periods, meaning they most likely occurred within the last weeks or months.

There was one death for the latest reporting period of Feb. 7 to Feb. Feb. 13.

Since March 2020, there have been 778 deaths related to the virus.

The province also reported 357 new cases confirmed by PCR tests, a daily average of 51 cases. This is down from the previous reporting period, when there were 649 new cases confirmed by PCR tests.

Nova Scotia Health reported 198 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Thursday. This is a decrease from the previous reporting period when there were 238 people in hospital with COVID-19.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-covid-19-update-february-16-2023-1.6750641