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HALIFAX Nova Scotia is reporting 91 new COVID-19 cases Monday, as the active number of cases in the province drops to 1,434. In a news release from the province, it says 66 of the cases are in the province s Central zone. Seventeen new cases were reported in the Eastern zone, five are in the Northern zone, and three are in the Western zone. Two of the new cases in the Central zone involve patients in a non-COVID unit at the Halifax Infirmary site of the QEII Health Sciences Centre. Health officials say those patients have been transferred to the COVID-19 unit, and all other patients in the non-COVID unit have tested negative and are being closely monitored. As a precaution, Nova Scotia Health Authority is testing staff and doctors who have worked in the unit.
HALIFAX Nova Scotia health officials are reporting 86 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, as the active number of cases in the province drops to 1,509. The 86 new cases is Nova Scotia s lowest single day increase since April 30. I m pleased to see that our new case number is a double-digit figure for the first time in more than two weeks, said N.S. Premier Iain Rankin in a release. Thanks to the sacrifices of Nova Scotians, we re seeing hopeful signs of a downward trend. However, we must stick with the restrictions and public health measures to stop the spread while we continue to vaccinate more and more Nova Scotians.
nd COVID-19 related death on Friday involving an individual in their 80s. Premier Iain Rankin says the person was in the province s Central zone. My condolences and my heartfelt wishes are with the family impacted by that loss, said Rankin. The province also announced 117 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. In a news release from the province, it says 97 of the cases are in the province s Central zone, nine are in the Eastern zone, seven are in the Western zone, and four are in the Northern zone. Public health says one case in the Western zone involves a resident at Harbour View Haven – a nursing home in Lunenburg, N.S.