August 8 COVID-19 Update

Nova Scotia Update:
0 new deaths (64 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
0 new cases (1071 total)
501 tests done
0 new recoveries (1005 total)
2 active cases (99.8% 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 (176 total)
0 new recoveries (168 total)
6 active cases (96.6% are officially concluded)

PEI Update:
0 new deaths (0 total)
0 new cases (36 total)
0 new recoveries (36 total)
0 active cases (100% are officially concluded)

Newfoundland Update:
0 new deaths (3 total)
0 new hospitalizations (0 current)
0 new ICU cases (0 current)
1 new case (267 total)
0 new recoveries (263 total)
0 active cases (99.6% are officially concluded)

There is 1 new case in the Atlantic Bubble today, it's in NFLD. The new case is travel related and is a female crew member from the television show Hudson & Rex. This means there are 0 active cases in PEI, 2 in NS, 6 in NB and 1 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, 501 tests were completed with 0 new cases reported.

From the Press Release:
The government is renewing a state of emergency to protect the health and safety of Nova Scotians and to ensure that businesses reopen and services are safe. The ordinance takes effect at noon on Sunday August 9 and will last until noon on Sunday August 23, unless the government terminates or extends it.

- 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 239/1M
- Global rate is 93/1M
- US rate is 488/1M
- Austria rate is 81/1M
- Spain is 607/1M
- Sweden is 564/1M

Notable points for today:
- Spain reported 3 deaths yesterday for an increase of 0.01%
- Austria reports 1 death for an increase of 0.14%.
- The rate of increase in Canada is 0.04% with 4 deaths. This marks 28 days in a row under 0.2%.
- The US rate of increase is 0.79%. 44/56 days are under a 0.75% increase, 12 of them at/under 0.3%.
- Sweden's increase is 0% meaning 29 days in a row are under 0.5% and 13/14 under 0.25%