August 9 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)
0 new cases (1071 total)
387 tests done
1 new recovery (1006 total)
1 active case (99.9% 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 (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 (267 total)
0 new recoveries (263 total)
1 active case (99.6% are officially concluded)

There are no new cases in the Atlantic Bubble today, NS reports 1 recovery. This means there are 0 active cases in PEI, 1 in NS, 6 in NB and 1 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, 387 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 93.7/1M
- US rate is 492/1M
- Austria rate is 82/1M
- Spain is 607/1M
- Sweden is 564/1M

Notable points for today:
- Spain reported 0 deaths yesterday for an increase of 0.00%
- Austria reports 1 death for an increase of 0.14%.
- The rate of increase in Canada is 0.07% with 6 deaths. This marks 29 days in a row under 0.2%.
- The US rate of increase is 0.67%. 45/57 days are under a 0.75% increase, 12 of them at/under 0.3%.
- Sweden's increase is 0% meaning 30 days in a row are under 0.5% and 14/15 under 0.25%.

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