It’s the weekend, so we’ll start the day with a journalistic sort of brunch—eating our words. In yesterday’s report, we said that the province “has been horrible at providing follow-up information” when it comes to “probable” cases, those that aren’t conclusively positive or negative. It came up because there was a probable case at Sackville […]
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4 new cases and more fears of school spread March 26
It’s a complicated day for coronavirus counting. The province is reporting five new COVID-19 infections in its routine daily update to media, but one of those is the Millwood High School case announced yesterday. We counted it yesterday in our numbers (like the map at the top of the page and the table below), but […]
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3 cases—oh crap, make that 4 cases—on Thursday
Every day the province releases the latest COVID-19 data, and every day that information is already late. That’s because the numbers that come out today reflect everything that happened yesterday: the newly diagnosed cases, the patients who recovered from the disease, vaccinations, all of it. The only exception is cases in schools, which are announced […]
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Nova Scotia gets 5 new cases on Wednesday
For a day with five new infections, which is on the high side for the last couple of weeks, Wednesday is pretty unexciting as far as COVID-19 spread goes. And that’s a very good thing. “The cases are in Central Zone,” says the province’s March 24 update to media. “Three of the cases are close […]
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Province gives breakdown of vaccine timeline by age group
The province of Nova Scotia revealed its latest vaccine rollout plans today, March 23, at a so-called “technical briefing” for reporters. Previous vaccine technical briefings have been held on March 5, February 17, January 20, January 5 and December 16, the structure of the vaccine rollout changing each time. But this morning’s PowerPoint presentation–from chief […]
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1 new case and a vax breakthrough March 23
Nova Scotia is reporting one new COVID-19 case today. The patient lives in the Sydney, Cape Breton area. “The case is in Eastern Zone and is related to travel outside Atlantic Canada,” says the province’s Tuesday press release report. For a more focused location than the entire Eastern health zone, our table below, which pulls […]
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2 new cases and 20 active patients Monday, March 22
The official case report today from the province is short and, for a pandemic, sweet. There are two new COVID-19 infections in Nova Scotia. “The cases are in Central Zone and are all close contacts of previously reported cases,” says the report. Our table locates both of the new patients in the Dartmouth community health […]
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6 new cases reported in Nova Scotia Sunday, March 21
Nova Scotia is reporting six new COVID-19 infections on this good news/bad news Sunday. The bad news starts with those six fresh cases. It’s been more than two weeks since the province has seen so many cases in a day, dating back to the six cases on Saturday, March 6. “Four of the cases are […]
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2 new cases on Saturday, the first day of spring
Today the Nova Scotia Health Authority released one of its standard warnings about “potential exposure to COVID-19” at several stores around the Halifax Regional Municipality. We’re not going to get into the specifics here—the best, most reliable source of details is the authority’s database of potential exposures—but on top of possible risk in Clayton Park […]
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3 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, March 19
Nova Scotia is reporting three new infections today. “The cases are in Central Zone and are all close contacts of previously reported cases,” says the province’s daily COVID-19 media update. They’re all in the Dartmouth community health network, says our table at the bottom of this story, which analyses provincial data. With three patients recovering […]
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Atlantic Bubble and vaccine rollout both expanding
After the provincial legislature’s session on Thursday, Iain Rankin told reporters that the Atlantic Bubble was indeed in the works. And not just a Maritime Bubble like he’d indicated last week, but a full-on bubble including Newfoundland. “Their cases have come down over time, and now they’re down where New Brunswick is,” Rankin said. This […]
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A COVID-19 death is Nova Scotia’s first in 6+ months
The past few months of Covid have actually been pretty good in Nova Scotia. We’ve had some COVID-19 scares, but also got to relax. There have been cases in schools, but for the most part the school system has been open, a feat that’s rare in North America. Lockdowns have come, lockdowns have gone. The […]