Nova Scotia is reporting two deaths related to COVID-19. A man in his 60s has died in Eastern Zone and a woman in her 60s has died in Central Zone.
There have now been 74 COVID-19 related deaths in the province since the start of the pandemic.
Nova Scotia is also reporting 83 new cases of COVID-19 and 164 recoveries. There are 59 cases in Central Zone, 19 in Eastern Zone, three in Western Zone and two in Northern Zone.
An additional patient in a non-COVID unit at the Halifax Infirmary site of the QEII Health Sciences Centre has tested positive for COVID-19. The other patients in the non-COVID unit have tested negative and are being closely monitored. As a precaution, Nova Scotia Health Authority is testing staff and doctors who have worked in the unit.
One of the cases in the Halifax region involves a staff member at The Ivy Meadows, a long-term care facility in Beaver Bank. This is the second case involving a staff member at this facility. Most residents have been fully vaccinated with two doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
Nova Scotia has 1,262 active cases of COVID-19. There are 101 people in hospital, including 20 in intensive care (ICU). The median age of people hospitalized in the third wave is 57 for non-ICU, and 59 for people in ICU.
As of Tuesday, roughly 442,500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered and 40,000 Nova Scotians have received their second dose.
