HALIFAX --
Nova Scotia is reporting a single-day record 227 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, as the number of active cases in the province rises to 1,464.
Officials also reported the province's 70th death related to COVID-19, involving a woman in her 70s who died at home in the province's Central zone.
"On behalf of all Nova Scotians, I want to extend my deepest condolences and sympathies to the families of that individual," said Premier Iain Rankin during Friday's news update.
"There is more COVID activity in the province than we thought we would find," said Strang during Friday's update. "The numbers we are seeing are primarily due to things that happened a week or two before province wide restrictions were in place."