Nova Scotia has 46 people in hospital who were admitted for COVID-19 and are receiving
specialized care in a COVID-19 designated unit. That includes 12 people in ICU.
The province is reporting five new hospital admissions and six discharges.
There are also 304 people in hospital who were identified as positive upon arrival but were admitted for another medical reason, no longer require treatment in a COVID-19 unit, or contracted the virus after being admitted in a medical facility.
Nova Scotia has 187 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 65 cases in Central Zone,43 in Eastern Zone, 49 in Northern Zone and 30 in Western Zone.
The Nova Scotia Health Authority announced a new outbreak in a ward at Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital, with fewer than five patients testing positive.
The NSHA also reported additional cases related to the outbreaks in hospitals, including two additional patients in a separate ward at Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital, and two additional patients in a ward at Sutherland Harris Memorial Hospital in Pictou. Fewer than 10 patients have tested positive at each facility.
There are an estimated 1,903 active cases of the virus.
Nova Scotia Health Authority’s labs completed 1,826 tests on Wednesday.