N.S. reports 5 COVID-19 deaths Monday, 92 people in designated hospital units
CBC
Nova Scotia is reporting five new COVID-19-related deaths on Monday.
According to a news release, three of the deaths are in the central zone. They are a woman in her 60s, a man in his 70s and a man in his 90s. In the western zone, a man in his 70s and a woman in her 90s have died.
It is one of the highest number of deaths reported on a single day since the start of the pandemic. There were six deaths reported on April 25, 2020, and another six deaths reported on May 3, 2020.
There are 92 people in designated COVID-19 hospital units, including 14 in intensive care.
In total, there are 304 people in hospital with COVID-19:
The average age of people in hospital is 67, the release said. Of the 92 people hospitalized for COVID-19, 89 were admitted during the Omicron wave.
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.
The province is also reporting 362 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Of these, 165 are in the central health zone, 91 in the western zone, 45 in the eastern zone and 61 in the northern zone.
These cases were identified from 2,835 tests that were completed by Nova Scotia Health Authority labs on Saturday.
The health authority provided an update to visitor restrictions for health-care facilities in the eastern health zone on Monday.
Inpatients at Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital, which had not been able to receive visitors because of COVID-19 activity and staffing, will now be able to have one consistent fully vaccinated designated support person or family caregiver.
Patients and clients with COVID-19 will not be able to have visitors unless needed for the patient's care.
The release said children under 19 and critically ill patients admitted to the hospital will be allowed two support persons, with only one allowed to visit at a time.
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.