Nova Scotia is reporting another death related to COVID-19.
A woman in her 50s has died in Central Zone. There have now been 80 COVID-19-related deaths in the province since the beginning of the pandemic.
Meantime, Nova Scotia is also reporting 40 new cases of COVID-19 and 92 recoveries.
There are 29 cases in Central Zone, five in Eastern Zone, four in Northern Zone and two in Western Zone.
There is still community spread in Central Zone and limited community spread in Sydney. Northern and Western Zones continue to be closely monitored for community spread.
Nova Scotia has 585 active cases of COVID-19. There are 53 people in hospital, including 18 in intensive care. The median age of people hospitalized in the third wave is 53 for non-ICU, and 57 for people in ICU.
As of Thursday, 560,843 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered with over 43,000 having received their second dose.
