The deadliest, and most confusing, phase of Nova Scotia’s pandemic began two months ago on March 21, the day premier Tim Houston removed almost all public health restrictions around masking, distancing and gathering. This was Houston’s “Mission accomplished” moment, acting as if COVID was over and we could finally get back to normal, even though […]
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Nova Scotia’s deadliest pandemic phase continues even as COVID numbers drop
Cherished reader, we owe you an apology. Last week, after the province’s May 5 COVID numbers came out, we wrote a report about them for The Coast Daily newsletter but didn’t publish any information here at thecoast.ca. One moral to this story is that you should subscribe to the Daily to make sure you get […]
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Nova Scotia “may have hit the peak” of current COVID wave
Nova Scotia’s latest COVID report came out on Thursday as usual. It covers a full seven days of disease activity in the province, unlike last week’s report that was only for six days. The change last week was needed to get the province on a better reporting cycle (the seven days from Tuesday to Monday, […]
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COVID keeps rising in Nova Scotia while pandemic info from the province is falling
The last time Nova Scotia issued its weekly COVID update, we discussed the two big things the report revealed. First, infections are up to the highest level of the whole pandemic. Second, it’s hard to make good comparisons of disease data when the province switches around the way it reports information. That was for the […]
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Nova Scotia just reported its most new COVID cases of the entire pandemic
Does everyone you know have COVID? It certainly feels like everyone has it. And given the latest pandemic numbers released by the province yesterday, there’s good reason for that feeling. During the entire pandemic, now into its third year, Nova Scotia has never had as many new cases reported as right now. Because the government […]
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COVID cases, hospitalizations and news for Nova Scotia the week Feb 21-27
Like the province, The Coast is admitting to omicron overwhelm. We are switching to bare-bones daily reports, while aiming to maintain the vital infographics that give the best picture of the current situation: NS COVID deaths Omicron hospitalizations New and active cases Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Canada’s fourth wave […]
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COVID cases, hospitalizations and news for Nova Scotia the week Feb 14-20
Like the province, The Coast is admitting to omicron overwhelm. We are switching to bare-bones daily reports, while aiming to maintain the vital infographics that give the best picture of the current situation: NS COVID deaths Omicron hospitalizations New and active cases Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Canada’s fourth wave […]
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COVID cases, hospitalizations and news for Nova Scotia the week Feb 7-13
Like the province, The Coast is admitting to omicron overwhelm. We are switching to bare-bones daily reports, while aiming to maintain the vital infographics that give the best picture of the current situation: NS COVID deaths Omicron hospitalizations New and active cases Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Canada’s fourth wave […]
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COVID cases, hospitalizations and news for Nova Scotia the week Jan 31-Feb 6
Like the province, The Coast is admitting to omicron overwhelm. We are switching to bare-bones daily reports, while aiming to maintain the vital infographics that give the best picture of the current situation: NS COVID deaths Omicron hospitalizations New and active cases Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Canada’s fourth wave […]
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COVID cases, hospitalizations and news for Nova Scotia the week Jan 24-30
Like the province, The Coast is admitting to omicron overwhelm. We are switching to bare-bones daily reports, while aiming to maintain the vital infographics that give the best picture of the current situation: NS COVID deaths Omicron hospitalizations New and active cases Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Canada’s fourth wave […]
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COVID cases, hospitalizations and news for Nova Scotia over the January 22-23 weekend
Omicron’s arrival means Nova Scotia is overwhelmed by COVID and its data-dissemination abilities are severely compromised. For the time being, these are the only infographics we can share with any confidence of accuracy: Omicron hospitalizations New and active cases Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Canada’s fourth wave Sunday is steady for […]
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COVID cases, hospitalizations and news for Nova Scotia on Friday, Jan 21
Omicron’s arrival means Nova Scotia is overwhelmed by COVID and its data-dissemination abilities are severely compromised. For the time being, these are the only infographics we can share with any confidence of accuracy: Omicron hospitalizations New and active cases Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Canada’s fourth wave A reprieve from deaths […]