Houston, Strang to give N.S. COVID-19 briefing starting at 3 p.m. AT
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On Wednesday, Premier Tim Houston and Nova Scotia Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang are expected to provide the second COVID-19 update this week.
The update will be livestreamed here at 3 p.m. AT.
Students are scheduled to go back to in-person learning in Nova Scotia on Jan. 10. Houston and Strang said Monday they are monitoring case numbers and will have further updates at the Wednesday briefing.
Nova Scotia reported more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases three days in a row on Tuesday with 40 people in hospital due to the virus, including five in intensive care.
Hospitalizations are currently well below those reported during the spring wave of COVID-19. At one point in May more than 100 people were in hospital due to the virus.
Of those currently in hospital:
According to the provincial COVID-19 dashboard, about 84 per cent of people hospitalized with the virus since March 15 were unvaccinated.
Of Tuesday's reported cases, 544 are in the central zone,182 are in the eastern zone, 153 are in the western zone and 141 are in the northern zone.
Several hospitals have reported outbreaks, including the Halifax Infirmary, Dartmouth General, the Victoria General site of the QEII Health Sciences Centre, St. Martha's Regional and New Waterford Consolidated.
Visitor restrictions have been put in place at the QEII Health Sciences Centre, Dartmouth General and Colchester East Hants Health Centre because of increased COVID-19 activity.
P.E.I.'s Public Schools Branch is looking for 50 substitute bus drivers, and it'll be recruiting at three job fairs on Saturday, June 8. The job fairs are located at the Atlantic Superstore in Montague, Royalty Crossing in Charlottetown, and the bus parking lot of Three Oaks Senior High in Summerside. All three run from 9 a.m. until noon. Dave Gillis, the director of transportation and risk management for the Public Schools Branch, said the number of substitute drivers they're hiring isn't unusual. "We are always looking for more. Our drivers tend to have an older demographic," he said.