August 2 COVID-19 Update

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Nova Scotia Update:
0 new deaths (64 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
2 new cases (1071 total)
334 tests done
0 new recoveries (1003 total)
4 active cases (99.6% 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 (170 total)
0 new recoveries (166 total)
2 active cases (98.8% are officially concluded)

PEI Update:
0 new deaths (0 total)
0 new cases (36 total)
0 new recoveries (36 total)
0 active cases (100% are officially concluded)

Newfoundland Update:
0 new deaths (3 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
0 new cases (266 total)
0 new recoveries (259 total)
4 active cases (98.5% are officially concluded)

There are 2 new cases in the Atlantic Bubble today, both in NS. The new cases are in the Central Zone and related to travel outside Canada. The individuals have been in self-isolation, as required. One case is connected to the two reported last week. This means there are 0 active cases in PEI, 4 in NS, 2 in NB and 4 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, 334 tests were completed with 2 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 238/1M
- Global rate is 88.5/1M
- US rate is 469/1M
- Austria rate is 81/1M
- Spain is 606/1M
- Sweden is 561/1M

Notable points for today:
- Spain reported 0 deaths yesterday for an increase of 0.00%
- Austria reports 0 deaths, meaning 22/32 days had 0 deaths, 29/32 under 0.15% increase.
- The rate of increase in Canada is 0.07% with 6 deaths. This marks 26/28 days under 0.2% including 23 in a row.
- The US rate of increase is 0.74%. 42/50 days are under a 0.75% increase, 11 of them at/under 0.3%.
- Sweden's increase is 0% meaning 28 of the last 30 days are under 0.5%, including the last 23 in a row.

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