September 8 COVID-19 Update

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on 2020-09-08 in tags: Daily Update, COVID-19

Nova Scotia Update:
0 new deaths (65 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
0 new cases (1086 total)
861 tests done
1 new recovery (1018 total)
3 active cases (99.7% 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 (192 total)
1 new recovery (188 total)
2 active cases (99% are officially concluded)

PEI Update:
0 new deaths (0 total)
4 new cases (51 total)
0 new recoveries (44 total)
7 active cases (86.3% are officially concluded)

Newfoundland Update:
0 new deaths (3 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
0 new cases (270 total)
0 new recoveries (265 total)
2 active cases (99.3% are officially concluded)

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There are 4 new cases in the Atlantic Bubble today, all in PEI; NB & NS report 1 recovery each. Two of the cases are essential workers who are not employed in the healthcare industry – a woman in her 40s and a man in his 20s – who arrived in PEI on Aug. 25 following international travel. The other two cases are young children under the age of 10 from the same family who arrived in PEI on Aug 27 following international travel. They have been in self-isolation with the other members of their household who are also undergoing testing. This means there are 7 active cases in PEI, 3 in NS, 2 in NB and 2 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, 861 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 243/1M
- Global rate is 115.1/1M
- US rate is 573/1M
- Austria rate is 84/1M
- Spain is 629/1M
- Sweden is 569/1M

Notable points for today:
- Spain reported 98 deaths yesterday for an increase of 0.33%.
- Austria reports 10 deaths for an increase of 1.36%. Austria hasn't had double digit totals since May 29 and then April 30 prior to that.
- The rate of increase in Canada is 0.01% with 1 death. This marks 35/39 days at/under 0.1%, all but 1 under 0.15%.
- The US rate of increase is 0.14%. 71/85 days are under a 0.75% increase, 19 of them at/under 0.3%.
- Sweden's increase is 0.03% meaning 32/33 days are at/under 0.1%.