Twelve new cases in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX — The provincial COVID-19 update for Thursday:
• Nova Scotia COVID-19 media briefings now on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Government will continue to issue news releases on new cases each day.
• Twelve new cases of COVID-19 announced Thursday.
• As of April 30, there were 947 confirmed cases.
• Nova Scotia has had 28 COVID-19 related deaths.
• Ten licensed long-term care homes and unlicensed seniors' facilities in Nova Scotia with COVID-19 cases involving 235 residents and 104 staff.
• Ten individuals are currently in hospital, three in ICU.
• The QEII Health Sciences Centre's microbiology lab completed 901 tests on April
29. Testing numbers are updated daily at https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus
• To date, 28,209 negative test results.
• Public health is working to identify and test people who may have come in close contact with the confirmed cases. Those individuals who have been confirmed are being directed to self-isolate at home, away from the public, for 14 days.
• Fivehundred and forty-five individuals have now recovered.
• McNeil thanks Nova Scotians for their patience and vigilance: “We will get through this together," he said. "I urge you all to keep practising good hygiene and maintaining social distance."
• Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Robert Strang urges Nova Scotians not to let their guard down: "What we are doing is working to slow this virus' spread and we need to stay the course,” he said. “Please continue to follow public health orders and advice."
• If you have two or more of the following symptoms, visit https://811.novascotia.ca to determine if you should call 811 for further assessment: fever, new or worsening cough, sore throat, runny nose or headache.
• Anyone who has travelled outside Nova Scotia must selfisolate for 14 days.