Nova Scotia reports 8 COVID-19 deaths in latest update – CBC

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

Mar 02, 2023

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

Since March 2020, there have been 796 deaths related to the virus.

The province also reported 264 new cases confirmed by PCR tests, a daily average of 38 cases. This is down from the previous reporting period, when there were 391 new cases confirmed by PCR tests.

Nova Scotia Health reported 158 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Thursday. This is a decrease from the previous reporting period when there were 187 people in hospital with COVID-19.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-covid-19-update-march-2-2023-1.6765561