August 13 COVID-19 Update

Nova Scotia Update:
0 new deaths (64 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
0 new cases (1071 total)
509 tests done
0 new recoveries (1007 total)
0 active cases (100% are officially concluded)

New Brunswick Update:
0 new deaths (2 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
3 new cases (180 total)
1 new recovery (169 total)
9 active cases (95% are officially concluded)

PEI Update:
0 new deaths (0 total)
0 new cases (41 total)
0 new recoveries (36 total)
5 active cases (87.8% are officially concluded)

Newfoundland Update:
0 new deaths (3 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
0 new cases (268 total)
0 new recoveries (263 total)
2 active cases (99.3% are officially concluded)

There are 3 new cases in the Atlantic Bubble today, all in NB. The first new case announced late yesterday) involves a person between the ages of 60 and 69 in the Fredericton region (zone 3), who is past the 14-day contagious period and no longer symptomatic, now considered recovered. The source of the case is under investigation but believed to be travel related and is connected with the case reported yesterday. The other 2 cases are temporary foreign workers who arrived in Moncton and began immediately self-isolating. One case is an individual between 30 and 39 and the other is an individual between 50 and 59, both in Moncton. This means there are 5 active cases in PEI, 0 in NS, 9 in NB and 2 in NFLD, none known to be related to the Atlantic Bubble itself. In NS, 53/64 (83%) NS deaths are from Northwood and 57/64 (89%) are from long term care in general (11 different facilities have reported cases, none have an active case). Yesterday, 509 tests were completed with 0 new cases reported.

From the Press Release:
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- NS has 64 deaths, making the death rate 64/1M population
- NB has 2 deaths, their rate is 2.5/1M
- PEI has 0 deaths
- NFLD has 3 deaths, their rate is 5.75/1M
- Canada's rate sitting at 240/1M
- Global rate is 96/1M
- US rate is 503/1M
- Austria rate is 82/1M
- Spain is 609/1M
- Sweden is 565/1M

Notable points for today:
- Spain reported 0 deaths yesterday for an increase of 0.0%.
- Austria reports 1 death for an increase of 0.14%.
- The rate of increase in Canada is 0.17% with 15 deaths. This marks 33 days in a row under 0.2%.
- The US rate of increase is 0.91%. 48/61 days are under a 0.75% increase, 12 of them at/under 0.3%.
- Sweden's increase is 0.07% meaning 34 days in a row are under 0.5% and 18/19 under 0.25%.