August 19 COVID-19 Update

Nova Scotia Update:
0 new deaths (64 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
1 new case (1076 total)
448 tests done
0 new recoveries (1007 total)
5 active cases (99.5% 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 (186 total)
3 new recoveries (172 total)
12 active cases (93.5% are officially concluded)

PEI Update:
0 new deaths (0 total)
3 new cases (44 total)
4 new recoveries (40 total)
4 active cases (90.9% 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 4 new cases in the Atlantic Bubble today, 3 in PEI and 1 in NS. PEI also reports 4 recoveries and NB reports 3. The new cases in PEI are all male essential workers who came to the Island on Aug. 5 and have been self isolating. The new case in NS is in the Northern Zone and is currently under investigation by Public Health. Note, all recent cases in NS have been in the Northern zone so hopefully this turns out to be a contact of one of those cases. This means there are 4 active cases in PEI, 5 in NS, 12 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, 448 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 241/1M
- Global rate is 100.7/1M
- US rate is 520/1M
- Austria rate is 82/1M
- Spain is 611/1M
- Sweden is 566/1M

Notable points for today:
- Spain reported 24 deaths yesterday for an increase of 0.08%.
- Austria reports 0 death for an increase of 0%.
- The rate of increase in Canada is 0.14% with 13 deaths. This marks 32/33 days under 0.15%.
- The US rate of increase is 0.78%. 52/66 days are under a 0.75% increase, 13 of them at/under 0.3%.
- Sweden's increase is 0.05% meaning 24/25 days are under 0.25%, 21 of them at/under 0.1%.