**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release
102 People in Hospital
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NOTE: Nova Scotia will issue abbreviated COVID-19 news releases on the weekend. The online dashboard will not be updated again until Monday, February 7.
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Today, February 5, Nova Scotia is reporting 102 people in hospital who were admitted due to COVID-19 and are receiving specialized care in a COVID-19 designated unit.
Fourteen people are in ICU. The age range of those in hospital is 2-95 years old, and the average age is 65. Of the 102 people in hospital, 94 were admitted during the Omicron wave.
There are also two other groups of people in hospital related to COVID-19:
— 136 people who were identified as positive upon arrival at hospital but were admitted for another medical reason, or were admitted for COVID-19 but no longer require specialized care
— 140 people who contracted COVID-19 after being admitted to hospital.
The number of COVID-19 admissions and discharges to hospital is not available today.
On February 4, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) labs completed 3,253 tests. An additional 382 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 are being reported.
There are 139 cases in Central Zone, 47 cases in Eastern Zone, 66 cases in Northern Zone and 130 cases in Western Zone.
Quick Facts:
— a state of emergency was declared under the Emergency Management Act on March 22, 2020, and has been extended to February 20, 2022
Additional Resources:
Nova Scotians can find accurate, up-to-date information, handwashing posters and fact sheets at: https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus
Information on provincewide restrictions that took effect December 22 and other public health measures to help slow the spread of COVID-19 is available at: https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/restrictions-and-guidance/
More information on COVID-19 case data, testing and vaccines is available at: https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/data/
More information about public health text notifications of positive COVID-19 cases and close contacts is available here: https://www.nshealth.ca/news/public-health-notifying-positive-covid-19-cases-text-advising-notify-close-contacts
Government of Canada: https://canada.ca/coronavirus or 1-833-784-4397 (toll-free)
