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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
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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
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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 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