N.S. reports 1 COVID-19 death; 15 people hospitalized, 16 discharged
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Nova Scotia reported one death and 15 new hospital admissions due to COVID-19 on Tuesday.
The man who died was in his 80s and in the central zone. It is the province's 115th death pandemic-related death.
There are now 58 people in hospital with COVID-19 total, including four people in intensive care. Of the 58 people in hospital, 56 were admitted during the recent wave of the Omicron variant.
The province also reported 16 people have been discharged from the hospital.
The ages of people in hospital range from 39 to 100 years old. The average age is 67.
Premier Tim Houston and Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia's chief medical officer of health, will give a COVID-19 update Wednesday at 3 p.m. AT.
The vaccination status of those in hospital is:
Less than 10 per cent of Nova Scotians are unvaccinated.
The province reported 616 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.
There are 322 cases in central zone, 103 cases in eastern zone, 69 cases in northern zone and 112 cases in western zone. The province estimated 6,796 active cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia as of Tuesday.
There are more details about assistance Nova Scotia will receive from the Red Cross.
The federal government approved a request from the province last week to send 24 Canadian Red Cross personnel to help in Nova Scotia's vaccination effort.
Fourteen immunizers and 10 other staff will help set up a clinic able to administer an additional 1,000 doses per day in Halifax.
Last week, Premier Tim Houston told CBC's Power & Politics he hopes to get the clinic up and running soon.
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.