The province is reporting three more COVID-19 related deaths.
Health officials say the deaths occurred between February 6th and 12th.
A woman in her 50s and a man in his 70s have died in the Eastern Zone along with a woman in her 60s in the Western region.
“Data on deaths comes from Panorama, public health’s disease information system,” a news release says. “It is entered into the system only after the death is identified to be COVID-related, which can take days or weeks to investigate and report. This is why these three deaths were not reported previously.”
Nova Scotia also announced four new hospital admissions and nine discharges on Wednesday.
There are 66 people in hospital who were admitted due to COVID-19 and are receiving specialized care in a designated unit. That includes nine people in ICU.
The age range of those in hospital is 0 to 93 years old. The median age is 62, and the median length of stay of people admitted to hospital due to COVID-19 is 6.2 days.
“Today, three more families are grieving an unimaginable loss,” says Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang. “From the start of this pandemic, COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the most vulnerable people in our communities – and that has not changed. That’s why it’s still so important to take care of one another. And the best way to do that is to get vaccinated, stay home if you’re sick, and follow the public health guidance in place to keep everyone safe.”
On Tuesday, Nova Scotia Health Authority labs completed 1,734 tests and identified 223 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There are 62 cases in the Halifax area, 70 cases in Eastern Zone, 36 cases in Northern Zone, and 55 cases in Western Zone.
There are an estimated 2,572 active cases of the virus in Nova Scotia.
