July 29 COVID-19 Update

Nova Scotia Update:
1 new death (64 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
0 new cases (1067 total)
418 tests done
0 new recoveries (1003 total, *1 less to account for the death)
0 active case (100% 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 (170 total)
0 new recoveries (165 total)
3 active cases (98.2% are officially concluded)

PEI Update:
0 new deaths (0 total)
0 new cases (36 total)
2 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 (259 total)
4 active cases (98.5% are officially concluded)

There are 0 new case in the Atlantic Bubble today, and PEI recorded their final 2 recoveries. This means there are 0 active cases in PEI, 0 in NS, 3 in NB and 4 in NFLD, none known to be related to the Atlantic Bubble itself. Nova Scotia has another death linked to COVID-19, bringing the total to 64. A 60-year-old with underlying medical conditions died several weeks ago in the eastern sector. Their death had been under investigation since then to determine if COVID-19 was a factor. They were not a resident of a long-term care home. 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). NS is now at 14 days without a new case. Yesterday, 418 tests were completed with 0 new cases reported.

From the Press Release:
"My thoughts are with the family and loved ones of this person who have been in mourning for the past few weeks," said Premier Stephen McNeil. The virus has been very hard on us, but the people of Nova Scotia are strong. We must continue to work together and follow the advice of public health as we open up our economy, our communities and our businesses. "

- 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 237/1M
- Global rate is 85.3/1M
- US rate is 454/1M
- Austria rate is 81/1M
- Spain is 606/1M
- Sweden is 557/1M

Notable points for today:
- Spain reported 2 deaths yesterday for an increase of 0.01%
- Austria reports 0 death, meaning 20/28 days had 0 deaths, 27/28 under 0.15% increase.
- The rate of increase in Canada is 0.12% with 11 deaths. This marks 23/25 days under 0.2% including 20 in a row.
- The US rate of increase increase is 0.39%. 41/46 days are under a 0.75% increase, 11 of them at/under 0.3%. Ignore the small spike today that doubled today's daily deaths. This is due to Texas reporting 675 additional deaths as a resultof a tweak to how they were reporting them.
- Sweden's increase is 0.04% meaning 24 of the last 26 days are under 0.5%, including the last 19 in a row.