New Report Shows COVID Dwindling

Nova Scotia's Chief Medical Officer of Health, referring to the weekly COVID stats reported today, says, “It's encouraging to see a continued downward trend, but this week's data report serves as an important reminder of just how much virus is still circulating out there.”

Dr. Robert Strang says, "As we move into the next and final phase of our reopening plan, we need to continue to use the healthy habits we know are effective."

In the first of the now weekly reports, the epidemiology stats show a continued downward trend on several key indicators, including hospitalizations and deaths.

However, it also shows that the COVID-19 virus is still present in Nova Scotia communities.

From March 2 to March 8 there were 2,459 new PCR positive lab results. There were 50 new hospital admissions due to COVID-19 along with 18 discharges, leaving 50 people in hospital.

There were 16 COVID deaths reported during this period, including 11 which were reported earlier, before the change to a weekly account.

As of March 8th, 86.9 percent of Nova Scotians are fully vaccinated, 5.3 percent are partially vaccinated, and 7.8 percent have not received a single dose.

Further, 62.9 per cent of Nova Scotians 18 and older have also received a booster dose.

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