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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Halifax goes back into lockdown to fight community spread
“T here’s community spread in Halifax Regional Municipality,” premier Iain Rankin said at a COVID-19 briefing Thursday afternoon with chief medical officer of health Robert Strang. Confirming that the recent surge of infections means COVID’s third wave has hit Nova Scotia, Strankin announced a “circuit breaker” lockdown for HRM and surrounding areas that comes into […]
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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, […]
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7 cases, the Brazilian variant arrives and a second nursing home case April 18
A deranged gunman started a murderous rampage in Portapique, Nova Scotia, on the night of April 18, 2020. That rampage ended with the gunman killed before noon on April 19, by the same RCMP he disguised himself as, after he murdered 22 people. Today marks the first anniversary of the massacre, a time that should […]
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8 new cases, including one in long-term care, April 17
Today is the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 deaths at Northwood, which is why we published Stephanie Nolen’s outstanding, heartbreaking investigation “What happened at Northwood?” this week. Unfortunately, that story isn’t the only reminder of the risks of C19 in nursing homes: The province is reporting a new case today in “a staff member […]
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Yes, we should share the vaccine
This week I—an able-bodied, healthy, working-from-home individual—have: Attended an in-person pottery class, an in-person violin lesson and an in-person yoga class. I went out for drinks after yoga with a friend, and met another friend for drinks the next night. (It’s been a long week.) I went into the office and worked in a frenzy […]
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1 person dead, 6 new cases on Friday, April 16
Another person has died of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia. In its daily report, the province identifies her as a woman who was over 80, and she died in the Central health authority zone. She is the 67th declared COVID fatality in the province, and the second C19 death in 2021 (the first was announced March […]
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3 cases on a technicality for Thursday, April 15
At last you can read “What happened at Northwood?” the investigative feature by Stephanie Nolen that has occupied so much of my attention this week. It is a powerful, illuminating story about last year’s deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the long-term care home, and I am honoured that The Coast is able to bring it to […]
