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

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

Feb 02, 2023

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

There were three new deaths for latest reporting period of Jan. 24 to Jan. 30.

Since March 2020, there have been 726 deaths related to the virus.

The province also reported 680 new cases confirmed by PCR tests, a daily average of 97 cases. This is down slightly from the previous reporting period, when there were 687 new cases confirmed by PCR tests.

Nova Scotia Health reported 208 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Thursday. This is a decrease from the previous reporting period when there were 242 people in hospital with COVID-19.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-covid-19-update-february-2-2023-1.6734699