31 new COVID cases
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia reported 31 new cases of COVID-19 and 18 recoveries since the last update on Aug. 27.
Twenty-six of the cases reported on Monday are in central zone — 14 are related to travel, eight are close contacts of previously reported cases and four are under investigation.
Three cases are in northern zone — one is related to travel and two are close contacts of previously reported cases.
The final two cases are in western zone and one is a close contact of a previously reported case while one case is under investigation.
“We expected to see an increase in case numbers in Nova Scotia as we've been seeing in other provinces,” said Dr. Shelley Deeks, Nova Scotia's deputy chief medical officer of health. “It's important to understand most of these cases are related to travel and they are strictly adhering to the public health measures. We need to continue to keep each other safe by ensuring everyone 12 years of age and over is vaccinated with two doses of COVID-19 vaccine, getting tested if you have symptoms and continuing to follow public health measures.”
As of Monday, Nova Scotia has 71 active cases of COVID19. There are currently no hospitalizations.
Nova Scotia Health Authority's labs completed 2,953 tests on Aug. 27; 2,378 tests on Aug. 28; and 1,832 tests on Aug. 29.
As of Aug. 29, 1,443,183 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered and of those, 687,683 Nova Scotians have received their second dose.
Since April 1, there have been 4,288 positive COVID19 cases and 28 deaths. Cases range in age from under 10 to over 90. There are 4,189 resolved cases.
Nova Scotians with or without symptoms can book a test at https://covid-selfassessment.novascotia.ca/ en for primary assessment centres across the province. Those with no symptoms are encouraged to use one of the primary assessment centres with drop-in testing, pop-up sites or public health mobile units if they want to be tested.
More information on testing can be found at https:// www.nshealth.ca/coronavirustesting.
Anyone with COVID-19 symptoms is advised to selfisolate and book a COVID-19 test.