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“They were isolating at the time and there’s no further spread but we do have to be aware that other provinces where the Delta variant is becoming more predominant and have caution.”

VACCINATION STATS

Nova Scotia now issues weekly reports on the vaccination status of people who get COVID-19. There have been 4,009 COVID-19 cases from March 15 to June 8:

• 25 (0.6 per cent) were fully vaccinated

• 206 (5.1 per cent) were partially vaccinated

• 3,778 (94.2 per cent) were unvaccinated

There were 247 people hospitalized:

• 2 (0.8 per cent) were fully vaccinated

• 26 (10.5 per cent) were partially vaccinated

• 219 (88.7 per cent) were unvaccinated

Twenty-two people have died:

• 1 (4.5 per cent) was fully vaccinated

• 2 (9.1 per cent) were partially vaccinated

• 19 (86.4 per cent) were unvaccinated

SCALED-DOWN GRADS

There will be no large programs or community gatherings to celebrate high school graduation this year, Strang said.

“Any community celebrations for graduates will need to follow the reopening protocols,” he said. “We hope to soon be in the second phase of reopening and in that phase there can be formal gatherings of up to 10 people indoors and 25 outdoors.”

Strang ruled out “drive-in” graduation ceremonies, which parents in some communities such as Truro want to hold. He said the potential for people getting out of their cars and interacting with others is too risky.

He suggested alternatives such as “drive-past” events.

“Graduates can be sitting outside properly distanced while family and community members in their vehicles drive by to honour the graduates’ accomplishments,” he said.

BY THE NUMBERS

As of Friday, Nova Scotia has 143 active cases of COVID19. Of those, 10 people are in hospital COVID-19 units, including six in ICU. The median age of people hospitalized in the third wave is 53 for non-icu and 55 for people in ICU.

On June 10, Nova Scotia Health Authority’s labs completed 4,918 tests. There were 15,734 tests administered between June 4 and June 10 at the rapid-testing pop-up sites in Sydney, Bridgewater, Dartmouth and Halifax.

As of June 10, 678,615 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered. Of those, 47,930 Nova Scotians have received their second dose.

Since April 1, there have been 3,987 positive COVID19 cases and 23 deaths. Cases range in age from under 10 to over 90.

There have been 3,821 resolved cases.