August 28 COVID-19 Update

Nova Scotia Update:
0 new deaths (65 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
2 new cases (1083 total)
1058 tests done
2 new recoveries (1013 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)
1 new case (191 total)
1 new recovery (182 total)
7 active cases (96.3% are officially concluded)

PEI Update:
0 new deaths (0 total)
0 new cases (44 total)
0 new recoveries (41 total)
3 active cases (93.2% 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 (265 total)
0 active cases (100% are officially concluded)

There are 3 new case in the Atlantic Bubble today, 1 in NB and 2 in NS. NB reports 1 recovery, NS reports 2. The new case in NB is an individual between 10 and 19 in Zone 2 (Saint John region). The case is travel related and the individual is self-isolating. The new cases in NS are in the Northern Zone and are connected to previously reported cases. This means there are 3 active cases in PEI, 5 in NS, 7 in NB and 0 in NFLD, none known to be related to the Atlantic Bubble itself. In NS, 53/65 (82%) NS deaths are from Northwood and 57/65 (88%) are from long term care in general (11 different facilities have reported cases, none have an active case). Yesterday, 1058 tests were completed with 2 new cases reported.

From the Press Release:
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- NS has 65 deaths, making the death rate 65/1M 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 242/1M
- Global rate is 107.3/1M
- US rate is 548/1M
- Austria rate is 83/1M
- Spain is 618/1M
- Sweden is 569/1M

Notable points for today:
- Spain reported 25 deaths yesterday for an increase of 0.09%.
- Austria reports 0 deaths for an increase of 0%.
- The rate of increase in Canada is 0.09% with 8 deaths. This marks 24/28 days under 0.1%, all but 1 under 0.15%.
- The US rate of increase is 0.62%. 60/74 days are under a 0.75% increase, 15 of them at/under 0.3%.
- Sweden's increase is 0% meaning 33/34 days are under 0.25%, 29 of them at/under 0.1%.