Posted: May 13, 2021 7:06 PM AT | Last Updated: May 13 Nova Scotia Health is taking steps to temporarily expand its ICU bed capacity across the province as critical care beds at the Halifax Infirmary are occupied.(Robert Short/CBC) Nova Scotia is setting a plan in motion to expand its capacity for high-acuity beds as the number of COVID-19 patients requiring critical care continues to surge. On any given day, there are about 98 beds across the province designated for critical care. If needed, that number can be more than doubled — to 229 — through Nova Scotia Health's provincial escalation plan. "The modelling says we won't get to that number, and that won't be needed across the province," said Dr. Tony O'Leary, the province's medical director for COVID critical care.