Six new cases in N.S.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia reported six new COVID-19 cases on Thursday but the province continues to warn people to limit their travel and social contacts.

"We are approaching the holiday season which is typically a time of year that brings people together," said Dr. Robert Strang, chief medical officer of health, in a news release. "We need to remain vigilant and to continue to follow all the public health measures."

Three of the new cases are in the central health zone. One person is a close contact of a previously reported case, another case is related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada and the third is under investigation.

Two cases in the western zone are both related to travel and the northern case is a close contact of a previous case.

Eleven more people have recovered from the virus, which dropped the number of active cases by five to 50.

"While our case numbers are low, COVID-19 is still here and still moving into different areas of our province," said Premier Stephen McNeil in the release.

"That is why we must be careful about our own movement and our social contacts."

The Nova Scotia Health Authority's labs completed 2,405 Nova Scotia tests on Wednesday.

Since Oct. 1, Nova Scotia has completed 94,152 tests. There have been 347 positive COVID-19 cases among people aged from under 10 to over 70.

There have been 297 resolved cases and no deaths. No one is in hospital.

Immunizations for the virus began Wednesday after 1,950 doses of the Pfizer vaccine arrived this week.

Health-care workers who work in medical settings that could involve COVID19 patients will get the vaccine first.