NS Reporting 5 More Hospital Admissions, 542 New Cases

by Bobby NockJanuary 13, 2022

Five more people in the province have been admitted to hospital because of COVID-19.

The province says another five people have been released and there’s now a total of 59 people admitted to hospital because of COVID.

Seven of those people are in intensive care.

The province is also reporting another outbreak at the Northside General Hospital.

It says fewer than 10 patients are affected.

There are 542 new cases of COVID-19 being reported today.

271 of those cases are in the Central Zone, with 130 in the Eastern Zone, 42 in the Northern Zone and 99 in the Western Zone.

Bobby Nock

Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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