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. 2 new deaths and new cases are up to 84 Friday, May 21, 2021 New cases 84 New recoveries 197 New deaths 2 Active cases […]
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5 charts for 5,000 cases
The pandemic officially arrived in Nova Scotia on Sunday, March 15, 2020, when chief medical officer of health Robert Strang announced the first cases of COVID-19 had been diagnosed in the province. And it reached a new milestone Wednesday, May 19, 2021, when Strang announced the latest batch of infections; adding that day’s total (83 […]
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COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Thursday, May 20
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. Vaccinations open to everyone 25 and older The vax rollout keeps on rolling. “Starting today, May 20, people aged 25 and older can book appointments […]
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COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Wednesday, May 19
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. 5,000 cases?! Wednesday, May 19, 2021 New cases 83 New recoveries 164 New deaths 2 Active cases 1,262 Days in a row with cases 51 […]
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Rankin reveals longer lockdown
On Wednesday, May 19, premier Iain Rankin announced a longer lockdown for the province of Nova Scotia. While the official press release says “the second week of June,” the premier more specifically said June 9 at today’s COVID-19 update. “I’m sorry to say that we are going to be extending the shutdown in the province […]
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COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Tuesday, May 18
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. 90 new infections as active cases sink below 1,400 Wednesday, May 19, 2021 New cases 90 New recoveries 180 New deaths 0 Active cases 1,355 […]
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COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Monday, May 17
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. Charting the ups and downs “We knew we would have some ups and downs as we worked to get this outbreak under control,” top doc […]
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COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Sunday, May 16
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. Sunday’s map of COVID in Nova Scotia’s community health networks COVID in the community health networks Our table logs data from Nova Scotia’s official COVID-19 […]
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COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Saturday, May 15
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. Testing back to normal Nova Scotians apparently love COVID tests. Earlier in the third wave we were getting so many tests that we overloaded the […]
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COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Fri, May 14
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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Backlog bewilderment
I t was almost two weeks ago, on Friday, April 30, that news of a backlog first made its way to the daily COVID-19 update. At the time, public health top doc Robert Strang said Nova Scotians had turned out for testing in such high numbers, there was a slowdown in processing them. “Because of […]
