August 6 COVID-19 Update

Nova Scotia Update:
0 new deaths (64 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
0 new cases (1071 total)
598 tests done
0 new recoveries (1005 total)
2 active cases (99.8% are officially concluded)

New Brunswick Update:
0 new deaths (2 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
4 new cases (174 total)
0 new recoveries (168 total)
4 active cases (97.7% 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)
3 new recoveries (263 total)
0 active cases (100% are officially concluded)

There are 4 new cases in the Atlantic Bubble today, all in NB.The new cases are all temporary foreign workers, between 30 and 39 years old, who arrived in Moncton and began immediately self-isolating prior to taking up their jobs in Miramichi. NFLD also reported 3 additional recoveries. This means there are 0 active cases in PEI, 2 in NS, 4 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, 598 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 238/1M
- Global rate is 91.3/1M
- US rate is 481/1M
- Austria rate is 81/1M
- Spain is 607/1M
- Sweden is 563/1M

Notable points for today:
- Spain reported 1 death yesterday for an increase of 0%
- Austria reports 0 death for an increase of 0%.
- The rate of increase in Canada is 0.04% with 4 deaths. This marks 27 days in a row under 0.2%.
- The US rate of increase is 0.93%. 44/54 days are under a 0.75% increase, 12 of them at/under 0.3%.
- Sweden's increase is 0.23% meaning 27 days in a row are under 0.5%.