N.S. reports 85 people in designated COVID-19 hospital units Sunday
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Nova Scotia is reporting that there are 85 people in designated COVID-19 hospital units on Sunday, including 11 people in intensive care.
The abbreviated release did not include information about the number of people admitted and discharged from hospital.
There are 287 people in hospital with COVID-19:
The average age of people in hospital is 67, the release said. Of the 85 people in hospital, 82 were admitted during the Omicron wave.
The province is also reporting 503 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Of these, 256 are in the central health zone, 108 in the western zone, 76 in the eastern zone and 63 in the northern zone.
These cases were identified from 3,063 tests that were completed by Nova Scotia Health labs on Saturday.
Meanwhile, a demonstration protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates for truckers has reduced traffic to one lane at the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border Sunday afternoon.
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick RCMP were at the border "to promote public safety" and keep the peace.
Cpl. Deepak Prasad said there were up to 70 vehicles at one point moving at slow speed on Highway 104. Traffic was tied up in both directions.
By 1:55 p.m., the RCMP said traffic was moving freely at the border again.
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.