Nova Scotia reports total of 12 COVID-19 deaths in latest update – CBC

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

Jan 26, 2023

Nova Scotia has reported a total of 12 COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, all of which are from previous reporting periods, meaning they most likely occurred within the last weeks or months.

There were no new deaths for latest reporting period of Jan. 17 to Jan. 23.

Since March 2020, there have been 718 deaths related to the virus.

The province also reported 687 new cases confirmed by PCR tests, a daily average of 98 cases. This is up from the previous reporting period, when there were 599 new cases confirmed by PCR tests.

Nova Scotia Health reported 242 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Thursday. This is a decrease from the previous reporting period when there were 258 people in hospital with COVID-19.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-covid-19-update-january-26-2023-1.6726918