Nova Scotia reported one death related to COVID-19 Friday. There are 88 people receiving care in designated COVID-19 units in hospital, including 15 in intensive care.
The company that runs Nova Scotia's ambulance service says the Omicron variant is posing new challenges to the system. A flood of COVID-19 patients is causing acute bed shortages, and the inability to offload patients is tying up ambulances for hours.
1935 – 2022 Carman Donald Riley, age 86, Dartmouth, passed away on January 9, 2022 at the Dartmouth General Hospital. He was a son of the late Clarence and Hazel Riley, of Halifax.
While Nova Scotia’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang estimated only 0.2-0.3 per cent of COVID-19 patients are ending up in hospital, COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to steadily climb as cases soar and hundreds of workers are at home isolating.
On Wednesday, Premier Tim Houston and Nova Scotia Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang are expected to provide the second COVID-19 update this week.