Today, Aug. 13, Nova Scotia is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 and no recoveries.
One case is in Northern Zone and is related to travel.
One case is in Eastern Zone and is under investigation.
There have been 4,233 cases from March 15 to Aug. 12, 2021. Of those:
— 33 (0.8 per cent) were fully vaccinated
— 245 (5.8 per cent) were partially vaccinated
— 3,955 (93.4 per cent) were unvaccinated
There were 255 people hospitalized. Of those:
— 2 (0.8 per cent) were fully vaccinated
— 28 (11 per cent) were partially vaccinated
— 225 (88.2 per cent) were unvaccinated
Twenty-seven people died. Of those:
— 1 (3.7 per cent) was fully vaccinated
— 3 (11.1 per cent) were partially vaccinated
— 23 (85.2 per cent) were unvaccinated
As of today, Nova Scotia has 26 active cases of COVID-19. Of those, one person is in ICU.
There were 3,715 tests administered between Aug. 6 and 12 at the rapid-testing pop-up sites in Halifax, Dartmouth, Cole Harbour, Chester, Parrsboro, Baddeck, Amherst, Tatamagouche, Inverness and Sydney.
On Aug. 12, Nova Scotia Health Authority’s labs completed 2,517 tests.
