August 14 COVID-19 Update

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Nova Scotia Update:
0 new deaths (64 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
1 new case (1072 total)
582 tests done
0 new recoveries (1007 total)
1 active case (99.9% are officially concluded)

New Brunswick Update:
0 new deaths (2 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
0 new cases (180 total)
0 new recoveries (169 total)
9 active cases (95% are officially concluded)

PEI Update:
0 new deaths (0 total)
0 new cases (41 total)
0 new recoveries (36 total)
5 active cases (87.8% are officially concluded)

Newfoundland Update:
0 new deaths (3 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
0 new cases (268 total)
0 new recoveries (263 total)
2 active cases (99.3% are officially concluded)

There is 1 new case in the Atlantic Bubble today, it's in NS. The new case is in the Northern Zone and is currently under investigation by public health. This means there are 5 active cases in PEI, 1 in NS, 9 in NB and 2 in NFLD, none known to be related to the Atlantic Bubble itself. In NS, 53/64 (83%) NS deaths are from Northwood and 57/64 (89%) are from long term care in general (11 different facilities have reported cases, none have an active case). Yesterday, 582 tests were completed with 1 new case reported.

From the Press Release:
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- NS has 64 deaths, making the death rate 64/1M population
- NB has 2 deaths, their rate is 2.5/1M
- PEI has 0 deaths
- NFLD has 3 deaths, their rate is 5.75/1M
- Canada's rate sitting at 240/1M
- Global rate is 97.3/1M
- US rate is 506/1M
- Austria rate is 82/1M
- Spain is 609/1M
- Sweden is 565/1M

Notable points for today:
- Spain reported 26 deaths yesterday for an increase of 0.09%.
- Austria reports 1 death for an increase of 0.14%.
- The rate of increase in Canada is 0.1% with 9 deaths. This marks 34 days in a row under 0.2%.
- The US rate of increase is 0.66%. 49/62 days are under a 0.75% increase, 12 of them at/under 0.3%.
- Sweden's increase is 0.03% meaning 35 days in a row are under 0.5% and 19/20 under 0.25%.

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