N.S. reports 94 people in designated COVID-19 hospital units Friday
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Nova Scotia reported 94 people in designated COVID-19 hospital units on Friday, including 13 in intensive care.
There were 16 hospital admissions and three discharges on Friday.
There are 280 people in hospital with COVID-19:
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 had received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine, while 90.7 per cent had received at least one dose, as of Thursday.
Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia's chief medical officer of health, said Wednesday there are around 70,000 Nova Scotians who have not been vaccinated.
No vaccination update was provided in Friday's news release "due to technical issues."
Unvaccinated Nova Scotians are currently 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 Health is now recommending that people who use rapid tests at home swab both their throat and nose with the same swab for better results.
A new research study done in Nova Scotia found combined throat and nose swabs detected 88.7 per cent of cases compared to 64.5 per cent from nasal or throat swab alone.
Nova Scotia reported 601 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday, including 269 cases in the central zone, 120 cases in the eastern zone, 49 cases in the northern zone and 163 cases in the western zone.
As of Thursday, there were an estimated 5,241 active cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia.
On Friday, the province opened appointments for those 30 years and older to book Pfizer vaccines.
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.