August 18 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)
0 new cases (1075 total)
300 tests done
0 new recoveries (1007 total)
4 active cases (99.6% 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 (186 total)
0 new recoveries (169 total)
15 active cases (91.9% 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 are 0 new cases in the Atlantic Bubble today. This means there are 5 active cases in PEI, 4 in NS, 15 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, 300 tests were completed with 0 new cases reported.

From the Press Release:
From NB - Effective Monday, physical distancing regulations in public areas with seating, such as theatres or arenas, are lowered to a minimum of one metre with the continuous use of masks. The province says food and drinks cannot be consumed when people are seated at that distance. If people do want to eat or drink, a distance of two metres would be required.

- 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 99.7/1M
- US rate is 516/1M
- Austria rate is 82/1M
- Spain is 610/1M
- Sweden is 566/1M

Notable points for today:
- Spain reported 29 deaths yesterday for an increase of 0.1%.
- Austria reports 1 death for an increase of 0.14%.
- The rate of increase in Canada is 0.07% with 6 deaths. This marks 31/32 days under 0.15%.
- The US rate of increase is 0.26%. 52/66 days are under a 0.75% increase, 13 of them at/under 0.3%.
- Sweden's increase is 0.07% meaning 23/24 days are under 0.25%, 20 of them at/under 0.1%.

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