Nova Scotia has eight new COVID-19 cases today, the most in a single day since the nine announced last Friday, April 2. “There are two case are [sic] in Western Zone. One case is related to travel outside Atlantic Canada and the other is under investigation,” says Saturday’s daily update. “There are also six cases […]
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Kyle was a founding member of the newspaper in 1993 and was the paper’s first publisher. Kyle occasionally teaches creative nonfiction writing (think magazine-style #longreads) and copy editing at the University of King’s College School of Journalism.
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2 cases and over 100,000 vaccinations April 9
Nova Scotia is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 today. There’s been one patient recovered—their case closed in the province’s vernacular—since yesterday, so the active case count is increasing by one to 41 active cases, the highest it’s been in 2021. “One case is in Northern Zone and is related to travel outside of Atlantic […]
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5 cases push NS to a 2021 record for case activity
Nearly every day so far in April, Nova Scotia’s had more new COVID-19 infections than patients recovering from the disease. There were three new cases last Thursday, for example, and only two people recovered, so the total number of active cases rose by one. Friday brought nine cases and two recoveries, sending the active case […]
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2 new cases and a vax record Wednesday April 7
Two measly cases. That’s all Nova Scotia is reporting today, the same day loosenings on travel and gathering restrictions came into effect at 8am. And yet, small though that number is, the recovery tally is smaller. Only one person with COVID-19, a patient in the Western health zone, has recovered since yesterday’s report. Thus the […]
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6 cases plus more B117 variants Tuesday, April 6
Strankin had their regular Tuesday briefing today, and it was full of exciting news that makes it sound like we’re moving back to normal. Starting Wednesday at 8am, Nova Scotia’s lifting any restrictions on visitors from Newfoundland and Labrador, meaning anyone in the Atlantic Bubble can come here without quarantining. Also Wednesday, malls, stores and […]
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3 new cases and a whack of recoveries Mon, April 5
After four days in a row of more coronavirus infections in Nova Scotia than patients recovering, the humans are fighting back. Today’s daily COVID-19 update is announcing three new cases, but there are five recoveries. This is the first win for the humans in April, and with any luck it won’t be the last. There […]
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7 new cases April 4 to make the long weekend longer
For the fourth day in a row, Nova Scotia is reporting more fresh infections than patients recovering, adding a hint of dread to the gloomy Sunday weather and making the holiday long weekend feel like it’s dragging on even longer. There are seven new cases in the province, across three health zones, compared to five […]
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How Canada got to 1,000,000 cases of COVID-19
It took 435 days for Canada to reach the milestone of 1,000,000 COVID-19 infections, from the earliest known case announced January 25, 2020, in Toronto, through the 11,041 cases announced across the country on April 3, 2021. This animated chart tracks every single case over every one of those days, ranking each province and territory […]
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4 new cases as the virus pulls further ahead April 3
Nova Scotia has four new COVID-19 cases today, and only three patients recovered from their infections, meaning active cases rose by one to 32. That’s the most active cases the province has had in over a month: On March 1 there were 35 active cases. So far, the province’s April is living up to T.S. […]
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9 new cases on holiday Friday, April 2
Even if you have the day off this Friday of the Easter long weekend, COVID-19 doesn’t. The province is announcing nine new infections in today’s C19 report, the most in a day since the 10-case Friday, February 26, which triggered a one-week lockdown. Related “Five cases are in Western Zone and four cases are in […]
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3 cases of that foolish disease Thursday, April 1
This is the second April Fool’s Day of the pandemic, and it’s still #toosoon for any wannabe hilarity. Top doc Robert Strang could prank us by tweeting that a new deadly variant was loose in Nova Scotia, or that the vaccine program was suddenly open to people of any age—so ridiculous 🤣—but when creating mass […]
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2 new cases March 31 as the humans win the month
Thursday has two new COVID-19 infections, another confirmation that the B117 variant is here and a milestone of 100,000 vaccinations.