There are 23 new COVID-19 cases Friday.
Most are in the Halifax area.
No new cases have been identified in the outbreak at the Valley Regional Hospital in Kentville. Five people have tested positive there.
Two school exposures, at E.B. Chandler Junior High and Amherst Regional High School in Amherst.
The province has released their detailed numbers for the week.
There were 77 cases between October 14 and October 20. Of those:
— 23 (29.9 per cent) were fully vaccinated
— 3 (3.9 per cent) were partially vaccinated
— 51 (66.2 per cent) were unvaccinated
There were 5,506 cases from March 15 to October 20. Of those:
— 324 (5.9 per cent) were fully vaccinated
— 353 (6.4 per cent) were partially vaccinated
— 4,829 (87.7 per cent) were unvaccinated
There were 304 people hospitalized. Of those:
— 11 (3.6 per cent) were fully vaccinated
— 30 (9.9 per cent) were partially vaccinated
— 263 (86.5 per cent) were unvaccinated
Thirty-two people died. Of those:
— 3 (9.4 per cent) were fully vaccinated
— 3 (9.4 per cent) were partially vaccinated
— 26 (81.3 per cent) were unvaccinated
We have 160 active infections. 15 people are in hospital, four of them in ICU.
