Nova Scotia to provide COVID-19 update following recent up-tick in cases

COVID-19 today as virus-related hospitalizations continue to decline across the province.The Health Department says 2,143 people are in hospital with the disease, after 144 patients were admitted in the past 24 hours and 215 were discharged.#COVID19 – En date du 11 février, voici la situation au Québec: https://t.co/pwoUoaBgaF pic.twitter.com/aR2nlnEvXO— Santé Québec (@sante_qc) February 12, 2022It says the number of overall virus-related hospitalizations are down by 71.Officials say 153 patients are listed in intensive care, a drop of 11.The province is also reporting 2,359 new cases confirmed by molecular testing, which is limited to certain higher-risk groups.They say 33,661 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered on Friday.

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COVID-19 in Nova Scotia declined slightly since Friday, the province announced on Saturday.In an abbreviated weekend news release, the province said there were 79 people in hospital who were admitted due to COVID-19 and were receiving specialized care in a designated unit. That’s down by three since Friday.However, another three people were in intensive care, for a total of 14.

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COVID-19 on Saturday.According to the provincial COVID-19 dashboard, the deaths involve a person in their 70s and two people in their 80s in Zone 1 and one person in their 90s in Zone 4.A total of 286 people with COVID-19 have now died in New Brunswick. Anti-mandate demonstration in Fredericton enters Day 2 Since Friday, hospitalizations have dropped by 13, for a total of 122 people in hospital.

Ottawa is seeing another influx of people in the downtown as the demonstrations against COVID-19 public health measures and vaccine mandates enters its third weekend. Reports say there was some sort of party or additional protest late Friday night.

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COLOMBO (News 1st); President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the nature or extent of the challenges will not matter in fulfilling the promises made to the people.He noted that development activities continue in the country while taking necessary steps to control the COVID-19 pandemic.The President also pointed out that the economy, which had been collapsed for nearly two years, is gradually recovering.The President made these remarks participating in the first round of discussions in a series of sessions with professionals representing various fields, held at the President’s House on Friday (11).The professionals who participated in the discussion said that they are further committed to make the national programme a success by giving the necessary strength to achieve the goals desired by the President, said a statement.The professionals vehemently rejected the allegations spread by some sections with the objective of achieving narrow political agendas, the statement added.Experts in the field said that the new approach to agriculture initiated by the President is being continuously supported by the researchers and entrepreneurs who are engaged full time in these fields, further noted the statement.Representatives from a wide range of fields, including education, policy, sociology, agriculture, research, water and renewable energy, medical, engineering and innovation, were present at the discussion with the President.Ministers, State Ministers, Members of Parliament, the Governor of the Central Bank, the Secretary to the President, the Principal Advisor to the President and many others were also present.

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Ontario hospital on Saturday with COVID-19, as the province continues to battle the pandemic.New data released by the province on Feb. 12 suggests a drop in the number of people in hospital from the previous day.

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were discharged in the past twenty four hours taking the total to 10,31,304.

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COVID-19 in many parts of Canada hits the one-year mark.“For some parents, it’s hard. They don’t know how to implement a physical activity program at home or they don’t know what’s the appropriate amount of screen time and what’s appropriate content and how to manage that,” Shannon Johnson said in an interview Monday.

coronavirus vaccination rollout for the general population began to take shape Monday as the country added another 2,559 new infections and 23 more deaths.The latest data pushed the national caseload to 870,038, while the death toll now stands at 22,017. Nearly 2,000 of the more than 30,000 active cases across the country are in hospital, while an additional 817,591 people have recovered from COVID-19.Monday saw Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and British Columbia announce or start plans to begin vaccinating older seniors, after inoculating their frontline health-care worker and long-term care populations.

Nova Scotia’s Department of Health and Wellness says there have been technical issues with the launch of the booking portal for vaccination on Monday.The immunization booking service, CanImmunize, is currently investigating the cause of the slowdown after alerting the department of the extremely high traffic on the vaccination booking site. N.S.

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‘It hurts our staff’: Halifax bars react to new early closing-time measure According to the province, all three people are self-isolating as required.This brings the province’s total to 38 active cases of COVID-19. Two people are currently in hospital, in ICU.The province also notes its labs completed 4,839 tests on Saturday, breaking its previous record of 4,125 on Nov.

In 2019, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals campaigned on a promise to extend employment insurance sickness benefits. More than a year later, that commitment has not been met, and as Elizabeth McSheffrey reports, Nova Scotia advocates are urging Ottawa to keep its word, and fund the extension in its upcoming budget.

coronavirus on Saturday.Three cases are in the central zone and are close contacts of previously reported cases. The fourth case is in the eastern zone and is related to travel.There are 39 known active cases of COVID-19 in the province.“While today’s case count is lower than the last two days, I am still greatly concerned about the trend we have been seeing in recent case numbers in Halifax,” said Premier Iain Rankin in the news release.

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The province said residents in long-term care homes can only have visits from their designated caregivers and can only leave for medical appointments or for a drive.“We had hoped we would not be back in the situation where these restrictions are necessary. We understand that they are disruptive but they are absolutely critical to contain the spread of COVID-19,” said Dr.

Nova Scotia health officials are worried after the province reported eight new cases of covid-19, three of which remain under investigation. Thursday’s case numbers are the largest single-day jump in daily counts since mid-January.

Nova Scotia is rolling out first COVID-19 vaccination clinics in First Nations communities. It’s part of an Indigenous-led vaccine strategy that will soon see clinics in all 13 Mi’kmaw communities in Nova Scotia.

coronavirus on Thursday in its highest daily count since Jan. 11.Seven of the new cases are in the central zone, four of which are close contacts of previously reported cases.

coronavirus at five retail and restaurant locations and several Halifax Transit routes.The health agency asks anyone who visited the locations to immediately book a test for COVID-19.Individuals present at the following two locations on the named dates and times are required to self-isolate while waiting for their test result:“If you get a negative result, you do not need to keep self-isolating. If you get a positive result, you will be contacted by Public Health about what to do next,” read the release.

With Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 case numbers slowly rising, Nova Scotia Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Strang, provided additional details on upcoming community immunization clinics.

NSHA advises of potential COVID-19 exposure at 4 HRM stores, 2 flights That practice continued despite few COVID-19 cases being recorded in the province when contrasted with other regions in Canada that still held in-person briefings.Instead, Wednesday’s meeting will allow a limited number of media outlets to attend in-person.All those attending in-person will be required to wear masks while media outlets unable to attend in-person can call in to ask their questions.The update is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.

coronavirus at four central zone locations and two flights to Halifax.The health agency asks anyone who visited the following sites to immediately book a test for COVID-19, whether they have symptoms or not.The sites include:“If you have symptoms of COVID-19 you are required to self-isolate while you wait for your test result,” read a news release.“If you do not have any symptoms of COVID-19 you do not need to self-isolate while you wait for your test result.” Nova Scotia reports 3 new COVID-19 cases, more U.K. variant cases confirmed [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]In addition, NSHA says a positive case of COVID-19 was detected on a flight departing from Montreal on Feb.

coronavirus on Tuesday.One case is in the western zone and is currently under investigation.Two cases are in the central zone, one of which is related to travel within Atlantic Canada. The other case is a close contact of a previously reported travel case.There are 20 known active COVID-19 cases in the province.

Community vaccination clinics are now opening in Nova Scotia, where COVID-19 case numbers remain relatively low. Ross Lord explains how the inoculation plan starts with people aged 80 and older.

Health Canada confirmed that the doses reallocated to the northern communities we part of a plan to accelerate the vaccination programs in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

It’s an historic day in Nova Scotia as the first COVID-19 community clinic opened in Halifax. Nova Scotians 80 and up, outside of long-term care homes, are now eligible to get immunized. Ashley Field has more on the rollout.

After some uncertainty in the supply chain and the relocation of the Moderna vaccine to the northern territories of Canada, it appears Nova Scotia’s long-term care vaccination strategy remains on target. Jesse Thomas has more.

coronavirus on Monday and said 19 active cases remain in the province.The new case is located in the central zone and is related to a previously reported case.In the second wave, beginning Oct. 1, the province has confirmed 521 cases of COVID-19 and no deaths related to the virus.

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Chief medical officer of health Dr.

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The province said that public health mobile units will be at the Beaver Bank Kinsac Community Centre, 1583 Beaver Bank Rd. in Halifax Regional Municipality on Sunday until 6 p.m.

COVID-19 mobile testing unit up and running in the community of Beaver Bank this weekend.The site was set up in response to a newly identified COVID-19 case at Beaver Bank-Monarch Drive Elementary School. Nova Scotia reports 1 new COVID-19 case connected to elementary school in central zone Dr.

gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia told police that she has had guilty feelings and wonders whether others died because she ran away from her partner when his rampage began last April.Lisa Banfield told police that she questions whether the gunmen went to locations she might have run to in order to get help and then killed people as he went along. Court documents says mass shooter’s spouse was beaten, begged for life before escape The information is contained in a statement she provided to RCMP Staff Sgt.

COVID-19 on Saturday.There are now 18 active cases of the novel coronavirus in the province.One of the new cases is located in the western zone and is related to travel outside Atlantic Canada.