August 15 COVID-19 Update

Nova Scotia Update:
0 new deaths (64 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
2 new cases (1074 total)
486 tests done
0 new recoveries (1007 total)
3 active cases (99.7% are officially concluded)

New Brunswick Update:
0 new deaths (2 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
0 new cases (180 total)
0 new recoveries (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 2 new cases in the Atlantic Bubble today, both in NS. The new cases are in the Northern Zone and are travel related. This means there are 5 active cases in PEI, 3 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, 486 tests were completed with 2 new cases reported.

From the Press Release:
These new cases and the one announced yesterday are all travel related.

- 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 98/1M
- US rate is 510/1M
- Austria rate is 82/1M
- Spain is 610/1M
- Sweden is 566/1M

Notable points for today:
- Spain reported 12 deaths yesterday for an increase of 0.04%.
- Austria reports 0 death for an increase of 0%.
- The rate of increase in Canada is 0.06% with 5 deaths. This marks 35 days in a row under 0.2%.
- The US rate of increase is 0.8%. 49/63 days are under a 0.75% increase, 12 of them at/under 0.3%.
- Sweden's increase is 0.12% meaning 36 days in a row are under 0.5% and 20/21 under 0.25%.