Map of COVID-19 cases reported in Nova Scotia as of April 27, 2021. Legend here. THE COAST
96 new cases and Nova Scotia gets locked down April 27
The province’s COVID-19 third wave goes from bad to worse on Tuesday.
Yesterday the province set a new record for daily infections with 66, closed public schools in Halifax and put new limits on retail and restaurants in the rest of Nova Scotia. Yesterday was just a warm-up act.
Today the province is reporting 96 new cases. That s the most in Nova Scotia in one day by a large margin, and the second-highest daily count any province in Atlantic Canada has witnessed during the pandemic (after Newfoundland and Labrador s 100 cases last February 11).
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TABLE NOTES The totals for the health zones (Northern, Eastern, Western, Central) may be different than the totals you d get by adding up the numbers in the Community Health Networks that make up each zone. The zone totals reflect every case in the area, while the community network numbers only show cases that can be localized with the patient s postal code to a region inside the bigger area. Because case information may be updated by the province after cases are announced, two things that lead to different totals are common: 1. the province never gets the information to track some case(s) at the community network level, usually leading to a
Map of COVID-19 cases reported in Nova Scotia as of April 24, 2021. Legend here. THE COAST
52 new cases and 201 active cases Saturday, April 24
Two days into the HRM lockdown, Nova Scotia s COVID-19 numbers are still rising.
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 Scotia s current caseload is up to 201 active cases. That s the most in a long time, but still less than half the highest-ever caseload of 466 active cases, marking the April 19, 2020 first-wave peak.
Map of COVID-19 cases reported in Nova Scotia as of April 23, 2021. Legend here. THE COAST
44 new cases as the Halifax lockdown starts April 23
School cases, more variants and a nursing home infection give Friday the air of disaster. 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 a batch of restrictions on Halifax Regional Municipality for a month.
Map of COVID-19 cases reported in Nova Scotia as of April 25, 2021. Legend here. THE COAST
Nova Scotia raises its infection record with 63 new cases April 25
Halifax stays in COVID-19 lockdown while the rest of the province gets more restrictions on Sunday.
Three days into the circuit breaker lockdown of Halifax and surrounding areas, this stupid disease s circuits don t seem broken at all. Sure, chief medical officer of health Robert Strang has been warning us that case numbers would probably keep rising even after human movement got curtailed, but it still sucks to see the virus setting records for growth.
The province is reporting 63 new cases of COVID-19 today, the highest one-day total Nova Scotia has ever had. Only one patient has recovered since yesterday, so the new infections drive the number of active cases up to 263.