NS : 79 people in hospital on Saturday who were admitted due to COVID

Nova Scotia is reporting 122 COVID-19 cases in the province’s Central Zone on Saturday

CITYnews halifax \ Chris Stoodley

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On Saturday, Nova Scotia is reporting that there are 79 people in the hospital who were admitted due to COVID-19.

The province’s Feb. 12 news release indicates those patients are all receiving specialized care in a designated COVID-19 unit.

Currently, there are 14 people in the ICU. Out of the 79 people in the hospital, 73 were admitted during the Omicron wave.

The age range of people in the hospital is between 9 and 93-years-old. The median age is 65.

Nova Scotia is also reporting two groups of people who are in the hospital related to COVID-19.

The first group includes 133 people who were identified as positive upon arrival at the hospital but were admitted for another medical reason or were admitted for COVID-19 but no longer require specialized care.

The other group totals 147 people who contracted COVID-19 after being admitted to the hospital.

On Feb. 4, Nova Scotia Health Authority labs completed 2,222 tests. The province also reports 309 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Nova Scotia reports the following number of COVID-19 cases in the following health zones on Saturday:

• Central: 122
• Western: 86
• Eastern: 51
• Northern: 50

The province is issuing abbreviated COVID-19 releases over the weekend.

“The number of COVID-19 admissions and discharges to hospital is not available today,” the release says.

Quick Facts:
— a state of emergency was declared under the Emergency Management Act on March 22, 2020, and has been extended to Feb. 20, 2022

Additional Resources:
Nova Scotians can find accurate, up-to-date information, handwashing posters and fact sheets at: https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus

Information on provincewide restrictions that took effect Dec. 22 and other public health measures to help slow the spread of COVID-19 is available at: https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/restrictions-and-guidance/

More information on COVID-19 case data, testing and vaccines is available at: https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/data/

More information about public health text notifications of positive COVID-19 cases and close contacts is available here: https://www.nshealth.ca/news/public-health-notifying-positive-covid-19-cases-text-advising-notify-close-contacts

Government of Canada: https://canada.ca/coronavirus or 1-833-784-4397 (toll-free)