The province is reporting another COVID-19 death today, along with a record 227 new cases and tougher public health restrictions.
The person who died was a woman in her 70’s who died at home in the Central Zone.
There’s now been a total of 70 COVID-19 deaths in Nova Scotia.
Of the new cases reported today, 202 are in the Central Zone, 14 are in the Eastern Zone that includes Cape Breton, nine are in the Western Zone and two are in the Northern Zone.
There’s now a total of over 1,400 confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia.
However, health officials say there are about 200 other positive cases that have yet to be contacted and recorded officially.