As we explained yesterday, with Stephanie Nolen’s Northwood investigation about to be published, his week’s updates about the province’s pandemic numbers are going to be bare-bones. Today is a perfect example, with very little information beyond what the province provides. Nova Scotia is reporting six new C19 cases in its daily press release, for a […]
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7 new cases for a record 46 active cases Monday, April 12
We need to keep this report short and number-focused today—and for the rest of the week—because we’re working on a huge story about Northwood long-term care facility that comes out Thursday, and it needs all of our attention. If The Coast had a huge staff of reporters and editors like, for example, England’s influential Guardian, […]
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5 new cases and the active caseload drops Sunday, April 11
Nova Scotia is reporting five new COVID-19 infections in its daily disease update. Four of the cases are in the Central health authority zone, one is in the Eastern zone—specifically the Sydney health network, according to our table at the bottom of this post that makes it easy to understand provincial location data. The new […]
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8 new cases but nobody’s hospitalized Saturday, April 10
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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Vaccine booking open to 60,000+ people aged 65 to 69
As of Friday, April 9, Nova Scotia has opened vaccine eligibility for 65-to-69-year-olds. Anyone in that age group (or other already-eligible age groups) can now head to the online booking site or call 1-833-797-7772 to make an appointment for the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, as well as a second dose appointment for about 16 weeks […]
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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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Halifax researchers are working on three new COVID-19 vaccines, and they need help
Before a COVID-19 vaccine can become a household name, it goes through months of testing by researchers around the world. Here in Halifax, scientists at the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology are working on three made-in-Canada vaccines—Medicago, VIDO and VBI—in hopes of finding the next Moderna, Pfizer and AstraZeneca. And they are looking for human guinea […]
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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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Nova Scotia’s unrequited Atlantic bubble
As of 8am this morning, Wednesday, April 7, Nova Scotia’s borders are open to travellers from all three of the other Atlantic provinces. That’s New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and the brand-newest addition, Newfoundland and Labrador. “You will no longer have to self-isolate for those 14 days in Nova Scotia,” said premier Iain Rankin yesterday […]
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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 […]
