Staff at several long-term care facilities have been diagnosed with COVID-19 during the current rising third wave of infections, including a worker at Northwood, raising fears from the worst part of Nova Scotia’s first wave. But no nursing home residents tested positive in the third wave—until now. “Two new cases in Central Zone are residents […]
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70 new cases and 300,000 vaccinations April 29
Nova Scotia is announcing 70 new infections today. It’s a number that would have seemed huge at the beginning of April, but that’s actually down from the 75 yesterday and the current pandemic maximum of 96 new cases reported Tuesday, the day before. Eleven people recovered from their COVID-19 infections since yesterday, compared to those […]
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With 75 new cases NS is at a record 489 active cases April 28
There’s not much reason to celebrate when the province announces 75 new cases, the second-most infections it’s had in one day. And when the active caseload reaches a new pandemic provincial high of 489 cases, beating the mark of 466 set during the first wave in April 2020. And when two of the new cases […]
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96 new cases and Nova Scotia gets locked down April 27
Yesterday the province set a new record for daily infections with 66, closed public schools in Halifax and put new limits on retail and restaurants in the rest of Nova Scotia. Yesterday was just a warm-up act. Today the province is reporting 96 new cases. That’s the most in Nova Scotia in one day by […]
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66 new infections push active cases over 300 on April 26
For the tenth day in a row, the number of active COVID-19 cases across the province has gone up. For the second day in a row, the current surge of infections has set a new record for most new cases in a day. This is the situation on the fourth day of lockdown in Nova […]
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Nova Scotia raises its infection record with 63 new cases April 25
Three days into the “circuit breaker” lockdown of Halifax and surrounding areas, this stupid disease’s circuits don’t seem broken at all. Sure, chief medical officer of health Robert Strang has been warning us that case numbers would probably keep rising even after human movement got curtailed, but it still sucks to see the virus setting […]
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52 new cases and 201 active cases Saturday, April 24
On the second day of the Halifax lockdown cases keep climbing, as the province is reporting 52 new COVID-19 infections today. That’s the second-highest daily total of Nova Scotia’s pandemic—the highest being 55 cases on April 23, 2020 in the heart of the first wave. Just one patient has recovered since yesterday’s report, so Nova […]
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44 new cases as the Halifax lockdown starts April 23
The last time the province implemented a “circuit breaker” lockdown was in February. Over a few days case numbers crept upward and then spiked—all the way up to 10 new cases in a single day! Newly elected premier Iain Rankin and chief medical officer of health Robert Strang took fast and decisive action, immediately imposing […]
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38 new cases leading to 111 active cases April 22
Nova Scotia is reporting 38 new cases today, as the current viral surge continues to set records for COVID-19 in 2021. Thirty-eight new cases is the highest in one day since the Nova Scotian record of 55 reported a year ago, on Thursday, April 23. Only six people have recovered since yesterday’s report, leading to […]
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25 new cases on April 21, the most in nearly 5 months
Nova Scotia has 25 new cases of COVID-19 today. This is not just the highest single-day total of the year—and a substantial jump from the previous high of 15 new infections reported Monday—but the most in a day since the 37 cases reported November 24. And that November mark was what triggered the second-wave lockdown […]
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9 cases pushing Nova Scotia to 68 active cases April 20
With nine new cases today, Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 numbers keep rising to levels the province hasn’t experienced since the second wave was hitting in the fall. “Six cases are in Central Zone. Five are close contacts of previously reported cases and the other case is under investigation,” says the daily provincial report for Tuesday. Western […]
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15 cases scattered over half the province April 19
The same day Nova Scotia announced the good news of expanded vaccine eligibly, it also announced case numbers that suggest a viral surge. The race is truly on to find out if we can spread vaccine protection faster than the virus can spread itself. There are 15 new COVID-19 cases in Nova Scotia on Monday, […]
