HALIFAX Nova Scotia is reporting a record 148 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, as the province works through its backlog. In a release, N.S. health officials say 129 of Saturday s new cases are located in the province s Central zone. Seventeen new cases were identified in the Eastern zone, and two new cases are being reported in the Western zone. There is no doubt we are in a very serious situation,” says Dr. Robert Strang, N.S. Chief Medical Officer of Health. “The vast majority of our cases are in the Halifax area where we have certainly wide community spread. With all the testing we ve done in the last week or so we ve reached our maximum.
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HALIFAX For the third day in a row, Nova Scotia has seen its daily COVID-19 cases lower, with 67 new infections announced Friday. Three cases are in the Eastern zone, three are in the Northern zone, and four are being reported in the Western zone. Our case numbers are going in the right direction. Let’s not lose this momentum, wrote Premier Iain Rankin in a tweet Friday morning. Together, Nova Scotia is stronger. Together, Nova Scotia, we can beat this. Public health says one of the cases in the Central zone involves a staff member at Clarmar Residential Care Facility – a residential care home in Dartmouth, N.S. This is the second case involving a staff member at the facility - both of which were reported this week.