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Nova Scotia Health is asking people to answer their phones as health officials try to contact those with COVID-19 or potentially exposed to the virus with information. If you have had a recent COVID-19 test, have been identified as a close contact of someone that has COVID-19 or have a confirmed positive case of COVID-19, Nova Scotia Health is trying to call you with important information, a news release said.
Phone calls could appear as an unknown caller or numbers from other parts of the province. Please answer these calls so the Nova Scotia Health team can provide important COVID-19 information, the news release said. This is vital in our fight against COVID-19 that Nova Scotians have the information they require to keep themselves and others safe.
HALIFAX Nova Scotia is reporting a single-day record 227 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, as the number of active cases in the province rises to 1,464. Officials also reported the province s 70th death related to COVID-19, involving a woman in her 70s who died at home in the province s Central zone. On behalf of all Nova Scotians, I want to extend my deepest condolences and sympathies to the families of that individual, said Premier Iain Rankin during Friday s news update. There is more COVID activity in the province than we thought we would find, said Strang during Friday s update. The numbers we are seeing are primarily due to things that happened a week or two before province wide restrictions were in place.
HALIFAX Nova Scotia is reporting a single-day record 182 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, as the number of active cases in the province rises to 1,309. In a release, N.S. health officials say 155 of Thursday s new cases are located in the province s Central zone. Two of the cases in Central Zone involve a staff member and resident of the Clarmar Residential Care Facility, a residential care home in Dartmouth. This is the third staff member and third resident at the facility to test positive. Sixteen new cases were identified in the Eastern zone, four new cases are being reported in the Western zone, and seven new cases in the Northern zone.
Where to get a rapid COVID-19 test this week (May 25-30)
Get out of lockdown and get tested. Last Updated: 05/27/2021 3:04 pm Pre-booked PCR tests are finally back from being put on pause for most Nova Scotians. But if you re not a close contact or possible exposure, rapid pop-up tests are a great way to reassure yourself and your bubble while doing your part for public health. Doctor Strang recommends everyone in the Halifax area get tested on a weekly basis, even if you re just going out for groceries and daily exercise. To get a rapid test you must be over the age of 16 and have no symptoms, recent travel or possible exposure to COVID-19.
HALIFAX In what Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin described as an especially difficult briefing, Nova Scotia announced two new COVID-19 deaths and 153 new cases on Tuesday. One of the people who died was a woman in her 50s, and one was a man in his 70s. Rankin said they both died at home from COVID complications – one was unknown to Public Health, as they had not tested positive before their death. This is indeed a very sad day, said Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia Chief Medical Officer of Health. These people are not cases or numbers – they are family, friends, and neighbours.