June 14 COVID-19 Update

Nova Scotia Update:
0 new deaths
0 new hospitalizations (2 total)
0 new ICU cases (1 total)
0 new cases (1061 total)
569 tests done
0 new recoveries (996 total)
3 active cases (0.28% of cases are active, 99.72% are concluded)

NS has 0 new deaths today. 53/62 (85%) NS deaths are from Northwood and 57/62 (92%) are from long term care in general (11 different facilities have reported cases, none have an active case). Yesterday, 569 tests were completed with 0 new cases reported. 99.72%% of ALL cases since day 1 are now concluded. NS is now at 10 days in a row with no deaths and just 4 new cases overall in the last 14 days,none in the last 5 days. There are just 3 active cases in NS, all outside LTC (2 of them in hospital). Northwood is at 17 days with no new cases.

From the Press Release:
Licensed childcare centres and family daycare homes can reopen tomorrow, June 15. Childcare centres will begin opening at 50 per cent capacity and can move up to 100 per cent if they are able to meet public health’s COVID-19 guidelines for childcare settings. Family daycare homes will open at full capacity. All facilities must follow COVID-19 guidelines outlined by public health.

“I want to thank daycare operators and employees across the province for their patience and their hard work to ensure our children are returning to a place where they can safely learn and play with their peers,” said Premier Stephen McNeil. “I also want to thank parents and caregivers for adapting to having their children at home or making other arrangements. I know it wasn’t easy.”

- NS has 62 deaths, making the death rate 62/1M population
- Canada's rate sitting at 216/1M
- Global rate is 55.5/1M
- US rate is 352/1M
- Austria rate is 76/1M
- Spain is 578/1M
- Sweden is 476/1M

Notable points for today:
- Spain reported 0 deaths. Pandemic has been contained.
- Austria reports 2 deaths meaning 34/36 days under 0.5% increase as well as the last 16 days in a row at/under 0.3%. Pandemic has been contained.
- The rate of increase in Canada maintained itself under 0.75%. This marks 30 days in a row at 2.1% or less including 9 in a row under 1%.
- The US rate of increase reduced slightly to under 0.7%. They are at 30 days in a row under a 2% increase, 20 of them under 1% including the last 15 in a row.
- Sweden's rate of increase reduced to under 0.5%. 31 of the last 36 days are under 2% including the last 17 in a row and the last 8/10 under 1%.