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COVID-19: N.S. sees bump in positive PCR tests, begins counting reinfections

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COVID-19 - Canada to update its ‘fully-vaccinated’ definition Beginning this week, the province is including reinfections as part of its lab-confirmed cases count.

According to a news release, the province had previously not included reinfections “because the number was small” but the Omicron variant has made reinfections “more frequent.”“Since the beginning of the Omicron wave, there have been 215 people who have tested positive 90 days or more after a previous positive PCR test result,” said Dr.

Shelley Deeks, Nova Scotia’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health, in the release.“At this point, many Nova Scotians have tested positive for COVID-19, so the chances of reinfection become more probable; that is why we have shifted our reporting to include the number of reinfections in our weekly case count.”This week’s data also included 28 hospitalizations and 10 deaths.

Eight of the deaths were people aged 70 and older.The province highlighted that the data shows the biggest risk factor for severe disease is age.“The risk of hospitalization is nearly 11 times higher for people 70 and older and the risk of death about 112 times higher when compared to those under 50,” the release read.Those 70 and older are eligible for a second booster.To date, 65.7 per cent of Nova Scotians 18 and older have received at least one booster dose, and 71,557 people have received a second..

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