September 17 COVID-19 Update

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on 2020-09-17 in tags: COVID-19, Daily Update

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Nova Scotia Update:
0 new deaths (65 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
0 new cases (1086 total)
962 tests done
0 new recoveries (1020 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 (194 total)
0 new recoveries (189 total)
3 active cases (98.5% are officially concluded)

PEI Update:
0 new deaths (0 total)
0 new cases (57 total)
0 new recoveries (56 total)
1 active case (98.2% are officially concluded)

Newfoundland Update:
0 new deaths (3 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
0 new case (271 total)
1 new recovery (267 total)
1 active case (99.6% are officially concluded)

There are no new cases in the Atlantic Bubble today; NFLD reports 1 recovery. This means there is 1 active case in PEI, 1 in NS, 3 in NB and 1 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, 962 tests were completed with 0 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 245/1M
- Global rate is 121.4/1M
- US rate is 596/1M
- Austria rate is 86/1M
- Spain is 644/1M
- Sweden is 571/1M

Notable points for today:
- Spain reported 239 deaths yesterday for an increase of 0.8%.
- Austria reports 1 death for an increase of 0.13%.
- The rate of increase in Canada is 0.05% with 5 deaths. This marks 44/48 days at/under 0.1%, all but 1 under 0.15%.
- The US rate of increase is 0.44%. 80/94 days are under a 0.75% increase, 22 of them at/under 0.3%.
- Sweden's increase is 0.0% meaning 41/42 days are at/under 0.1%.