COVID-19 killed 24 other Nova Scotia residents, the provincial Department of Health reported Thursday in its epidemiological summary for the week of May 10-16.
There were 18 deaths last week. In the second week of May, therefore, we will see a return to the mortality levels observed in April, when Nova Scotia was in sixth wave peakas stated by the provincial government.
Continued decline in hospitals
However, the number of hospitalizations caused by COVID continues to decline in the province. There were 59 new patients hospitalized with the disease from May 10 to 16. There were 77, then 65, in the past two weeks.
Also from May 10-16, Nova Scotia labs found 2,513 positive results confirmed in the test. PCR.
This is an average of 359 new cases per day, compared to 487 two weeks ago, and more than a thousand last month.
Positive results seen in quick tests like those done at home are not counted by the provincial public health.
The Government of Nova Scotia publishes this epidemiological summary every Thursday.
Source: Radio-Canada
