N.S. reports 1 new death Tuesday, 73 people in COVID-19 hospital unit
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Nova Scotia reported one additional death from COVID-19 on Tuesday and said 73 people are receiving specialized care in a designated hospital unit because of the coronavirus, including 15 who are in intensive care.
The person who died was a woman in her 80s from the eastern zone.
The vaccination status of the 73 patients is:
Less than 10 per cent of Nova Scotians are unvaccinated, according to provincial statistics. More than 83 per cent of Nova Scotians have received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 90.6 per cent have received at least one dose, as of Monday.
The average age of the patients admitted for COVID-19 is 68, the release said. Most of the patients, 70, were admitted during the Omicron wave. The province reported 13 new admissions Tuesday, and eight discharges.
There are also two other groups currently in hospital related to the coronavirus.
The province said 63 people were identified as positive upon arrival but were admitted for another medical reason, or were admitted for COVID-19 but no longer require specialized care.
It said another 120 people contracted COVID-19 after being admitted to hospital.
As of Friday, unvaccinated Nova Scotians were about four times more likely to be hospitalized due to COVID-19 than someone with two doses of vaccine. That is based on average hospitalizations since the province started releasing the daily hospitalization numbers by vaccine status on Jan. 4.
On Monday, Nova Scotia opened up its COVID-19 vaccine booster dose eligibility to include those who are 18 years of age and older who last had their second dose of vaccine at least 168 days ago.
Nova Scotia Health Authority labs completed 4,465 tests on Tuesday and 415 new cases have been reported.
There are 233 cases in the central health zone, 74 in the western zone, 68 in the eastern zone and 40 in the northern zone.
Nova Scotia estimates there are 5,511 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.
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