NOTE: This day is now over. Click for the latest on COVID-19 from The Coast. Or for an informative look back at Nova Scotia’s evolving pandemic response, keep on reading. Anti-vaccine protests shut down Friday, May 14, 2021 New cases 117 New recoveries 151 New deaths 1 Active cases 1,572 Days in a row with […]
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COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Thursday, May 13
NOTE: This day is now over. Click for the latest on COVID-19 from The Coast. Or for an informative look back at Nova Scotia’s evolving pandemic response, keep on reading. Active cases drop as stress mounts on the hospital system The daily COVID case report from the province says there are 110 new cases today, […]
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COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Wed, May 12
NOTE: This day is now over. Click for the latest on COVID-19 from The Coast. Or for an informative look back at Nova Scotia’s evolving pandemic response, keep on reading. 149 new cases as the active caseload increases again Wednesday, May 12, 2021 New cases 149 New recoveries 119 Active cases 1,621 Days in a […]
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COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Tue, May 11
NOTE: This day is now over. Click for the latest on COVID-19 from The Coast. Or for an informative look back at Nova Scotia’s evolving pandemic response, keep on reading. Today’s map of community cases The active caseload finally goes down Every day for the last 24 days, the number of new C19 infections has […]
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165 new cases and 77 people recovered May 9
Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 caseload increases for the 23rd straight day today, as the province reports 165 new infections and only 77 resolved cases. “There are 138 cases in Central Zone, 16 in Eastern Zone, six in Western Zone and five in Northern Zone,” says the daily disease update. Currently the province has 1,627 active […]
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163 new cases and 1 death Saturday, May 8
For the second day in a row, a Nova Scotian has died from COVID-19. The province reported the death—a man in his 70s in the Central health zone—in Saturday’s COVID update. This is Nova Scotia’s 71st death from the disease. Saturday, May 8, 2021 New cases 163 New deaths 1 New recoveries 88 Active […]
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A tighter lockdown and 227 new cases arrive May 7
Today Nova Scotia announced 227 new cases of COVID-19, a grim provincial record that spawned two more, as the caseload rose for the record 21st straight day to a record 1,464 active cases. Five more people entered the hospital since yesterday, for a total of 50 patients, and one person—a woman in her 70s in […]
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182 new cases including 2 in long-term care on May 6
Another day, another set of record-breaking numbers from this stupid virus. The province is reporting 182 new COVID-19 infections today—155 in the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s Central zone, 16 in the Eastern zone, seven in Northern and four Western—the highest single-day total ever among Atlantic Canadian provinces. Thursday, May 6, 2021 New cases 182 New […]
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175 new cases on May 5, day 8 of the NS lockdown
On hump day in Nova Scotia, COVID-19 infections reach a new peak: 175 new daily cases push the caseload to 1,203 active cases, both record highs. Wednesday, May 5, 2021 New cases 175 New recoveries 32 Active cases 1,203 Days in a row with cases 37 Total cases in Nova Scotia during pandemic 3,182 Halifax’s […]
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153 new cases, 2 deaths & 3,000+ total cases May 4
This is simply an awful day in Nova Scotia’s pandemic, with practically every number and statistic going in the wrong direction. But one stands out as the worst news of all: The province is reporting two people have died due to COVID-19. Tuesday, May 4, 2021 New cases 153 New deaths 2 New recoveries 34 […]
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146 new cases and better Coast data delivery May 3
First thing this morning, there was good news from the province. “People Aged 50 to 54 Now Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccines; First Drive-Thru Clinic,” reads the title of a press release at 8:58am. That title pretty much explains it: Another age group—the roughly 68,000 Nova Scotians from 50 to 54 years old—is now eligible for […]
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133 new cases, none of them at nursing homes, May 2
The province is reporting 133 new cases on Sunday. Although this is a drop from the one-day record high of 148 cases announced Saturday, new infections are spread more widely across the province today: According to our location table at the bottom of this post, 10 of Nova Scotia’s 14 community health networks have new […]
