N.S. reports 3 deaths, 85 people in COVID-19 hospital units Thursday
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Nova Scotia reported three COVID-19-related deaths on Thursday and 85 people in COVID-19 hospital units, including 12 in intensive care.
According to a news release, the deaths were a woman in her 50s in the central zone, a woman in her 70s in the northern zone and a man in his 70s in the eastern zone.
There were 18 hospital admissions and 11 discharges on Thursday.
During a press briefing on Wednesday, Premier Tim Houston said hospitals are finding more positive cases among people who are being admitted to hospital for other reasons.
There are 269 people in hospital with COVID-19:
Nova Scotia Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang said Wednesday that hospitals are at 100 per cent capacity and facing "an extremely delicate balance." Hospitals are having to reduce or cancel many services to keep on top of COVID-19 and maintain emergency services.
The vaccination status of those in hospital 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 90.7 per cent have received at least one dose, as of Wednesday.
Strang said yesterday there are around 70,000 Nova Scotians who have not been vaccinated.
Currently, unvaccinated Nova Scotians are 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.
Nova Scotia reported 696 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, including 382 cases in the central zone, 95 cases in the eastern zone, 63 cases in the northern zone and 156 cases in the western zone.
As of Thursday, there are an estimated 5,430 active cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia.
There are outbreaks at two hospitals, the release said.
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