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N.S. top doctor to provide update on influenza, COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 is still active in the province. In a recent update, Nova Scotia said it recorded another 515 positive PCR tests between Dec. 6 and 12.No new deaths were recorded last week, but another three deaths were added to the tally from the previous reporting period.Since Dec. 8, 2021, when the Omicron waves began, 561 Nova Scotians died from COVID-19. A total of 673 people died since the start of the pandemic in 2020.

More than 53 per cent of Nova Scotians received at least three doses of the vaccine, and 14.7 per cent haven’t received a single dose.In a respiratory watch report for the period from Dec. 4 to Dec. 10, the province recorded 686 new cases of Influenza A. During that week, 100 people were hospitalized, eight people were admitted to ICU and five people died from the flu.

Since the end of August this year, 25 Nova Scotians died after having a lab-confirmed case of influenza. Public health also reported 176 new RSV cases from Dec. 4-10. There were also three cases of adenovirus, three cases of enterovirus or rhinovirus and one case of parainfluenza.

 

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