August 22 COVID-19 Update

Nova Scotia Update:
0 new deaths (64 total)
0 new hospitalizations (1 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
1 new case (1078 total)
458 tests done
0 new recoveries (1008 total)
6 active cases (99.4% 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 (188 total)
0 new recoveries (178 total)
8 active cases (95.7% are officially concluded)

PEI Update:
0 new deaths (0 total)
0 new cases (44 total)
0 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)
2 new recoveries (265 total)
0 active cases (100% are officially concluded)

There is 1 new case in the Atlantic Bubble today, it's in NS; NF reports 2 recoveries. The new case is in the central zone and is related to existing cases. This means there are 4 active cases in PEI, 6 in NS, 8 in NB and 0 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, 458 tests were completed with 1 new case 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 103.1/1M
- US rate is 531/1M
- Austria rate is 83/1M
- Spain is 614/1M
- Sweden is 568/1M

Notable points for today:
- Spain reported 25 deaths yesterday for an increase of 0.09%.
- Austria reports 1 death for an increase of 0.14%.
- The rate of increase in Canada is 0.11% with 10 deaths. This marks 35/36 days under 0.15%.
- The US rate of increase is 0.66%. 54/68 days are under a 0.75% increase, 13 of them at/under 0.3%.
- Sweden's increase is 0.09% meaning 27/28 days are under 0.25%, 23 of them at/under 0.1%.