August 7 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)
403 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)
2 new cases (176 total)
0 new recoveries (168 total)
6 active cases (96.6% 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 (263 total)
0 active cases (100% are officially concluded)

There are 2 new cases in the Atlantic Bubble today, all in NB. The new cases are both temporary foreign workers who arrived in Moncton and began immediately self-isolating. This means there are 0 active cases in PEI, 2 in NS, 6 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, 403 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 239/1M
- Global rate is 92.2/1M
- US rate is 485/1M
- Austria rate is 81/1M
- Spain is 607/1M
- Sweden is 564/1M

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 0.76%. 44/55 days are under a 0.75% increase, 12 of them at/under 0.3%.
- Sweden's increase is 0.1% meaning 28 days in a row are under 0.5% and 12/13 under 0.25%