Nova Scotia COVID-19

• Nova Scotia continuing-care assistant raises home care concerns around COVID-19 protocols

  Audrey Oliver works as a CCA with VON Canada in the Annapolis Valley. She wants to see better protocols in place to mitigate the risk of the virus in home-care settings.

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  Dec 7, 2023
  
• Nova Scotia lifts COVID-19 health order, no more weekly case reporting

  Nova Scotia is lifting its COVID-related Health Protection Act order and will no longer be reporting cases in its weekly COVID-19 dashboard, the province announced Tuesday.

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  May 23, 2023
  
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• COVID-19: N.S. reports 11 deaths in weekly update, 55 new hospitalizations

  During the seven-day period ending Oct. 10, there were 942 new positive PCR tests for COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, a decrease from 1,178 recorded the previous week.

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  Oct 13, 2022
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• COVID-19: N.S. reports no deaths, 51 new hospitalizations in weekly update

  During the seven-day period ending Oct. 3, there were 1,178 new positive PCR tests, which is an increase from 991 recorded the previous week.

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  Oct 6, 2022
• COVID-19: Nova Scotia reports 10 deaths, 56 new hospitalizations in weekly update

  During the seven-day period ending Sept. 26, there were also 991 new positive PCR tests, an increase from the 893 reported last week.

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  Sep 29, 2022
• Nova Scotia surpasses 500 total COVID-19 deaths in latest weekly update

  With 10 more deaths reported, the COVID-related death toll in Nova Scotia has now surpassed 500. The majority of those deaths happened during the Omicron wave.

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  Sep 8, 2022
• COVID-19: N.S. reporting drop in deaths, hospital admissions and new cases

  Nova Scotia is reporting eight deaths, 34 new hospital admissions and 1,360 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in its weekly update. 

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  Aug 25, 2022
• COVID-19: Nova Scotia reports 5 deaths in weekly update

  Nova Scotia reported five more deaths attributed to COVID-19 and 50 new hospital admissions in its latest update. This follows a week where no new deaths were reported.

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  Aug 11, 2022
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• COVID-19: N.S. reports no deaths, small dip in hospital admissions in weekly update

  Nova Scotia is reporting 1,683 positive PCR tests in the seven-day period ending Aug. 1. During that time, there were 54 new hospital admissions.

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  Aug 4, 2022
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• COVID-19: Hospital admissions increase in N.S., vaccine appointments open for kids under 5

  There were 60 new hospital admissions in the week ending July 25, compared to 44 admissions the previous week, according to an update issued Thursday.

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  Jul 28, 2022