Nova Scotia reports 1 death, 12 new hospital admissions, including child under 5
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Nova Scotia reported one death, 12 new hospitalizations — including a child younger than five — and seven discharges on Wednesday.
The death was a woman in her 60s in the western zone.
There are 60 people in hospital who were admitted due to COVID-19, with five people in the intensive care unit. Of the 60 people in hospital, 58 were admitted during the Omicron wave. The average hospital stay is 5.8 days, the provincial government said in a news release.
The vaccination status of those in hospital is:
The province noted less than 10 per cent of Nova Scotians are unvaccinated.
There are two other groups of people in hospital related to COVID-19. They include:
The average age of people in hospital is 66. Only two people in hospital were there prior to the Omicron outbreak.
On Jan. 11, the provincial health authority reported 837 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 500 cases in the central zone, 109 cases in the eastern zone, 106 cases in the northern zone and 122 cases in the western zone.
As of Wednesday, there are an estimated 6,867 active cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia.
During a press briefing Wednesday, Premier Tim Houston said Nova Scotia is distributing 830,000 rapid tests a week — almost one test for every person in the province.
Houston said students will go back to school as planned Monday, and 25,000 tests will be distributed to 400 schools based on enrolment. The tests will be available for those who need it, Houston said.
Houston said the COVID-19 situation in the province is the worst it's been, but getting students back in the classroom is important because it's the safest place for many of them.
"Our schools are safe. I think we've shown that where necessary to close a school, we will," Houston said.
However, he urged parents to keep their children at home if they are sick.
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