Eleven new COVID cases in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia authorities announced 11 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, although the total number of active cases has gone down to 119 as some previously affected by the disease have recovered.
Nine of the new cases are in central zone while the other two cases are in northern zone, according to a provincial news release.
"As we get closer to another weekend under tighter restrictions, I want to remind all Nova Scotians that we need to continue limiting our social contacts and travel so we can contain the virus," Premier Stephen McNeil said in the news release. "We have the ability to slow the spread of COVID-19 in our province if we follow all the public health measures."
The positive cases were identified among 2,047 Nova Scotia tests Nova Scotia Health Authority labs completed on Wednesday.
There were 338 tests done at the rapid-testing popup site in Halifax and 148 tests administered at the rapid-testing pop-up site in Wolfville. There were no positive test results identified at either site, according to the release.
Sipekne'katik Chief Michael Sack has announced that two cases were found in his First Nations community on Wednesday.
Since Oct. 1, Nova Scotia has completed 71,631 tests. There have been 254 positive COVID-19 cases and no deaths. No one is currently in hospital. One hundred and thirty-five cases are now resolved.
"It is important to recognize that although our cases numbers are not as high as we expected them to be, we continue to see new cases of COVID-19 every day," Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia's chief medical officer of health, said in the release. "Now is not the time to let our guard down. Please do your part to slow the spread of this virus by continuing to follow all the public health measures and restrictions."
Public Health continues to remind Nova Scotians to visit https://covid-selfassessment.novascotia.ca/ to do a self-assessment if in the past 48 hours you have had or you are currently experiencing: fever (i.e. chills/ sweats) or cough (new or worsening), or two or more of the following symptoms (new or worsening): sore throat, runny nose/nasal congestion, headache, shortness of breath/difficulty breathing.