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One new cases of COVID-19 is announced in Nova Scotia today (Friday, Jan. 27).
There are now 9 known active cases in the province. One person is in hospital with the disease, although not in ICU.
The active cases are distributed as follows:
• 4 in the Halifax Peninsula / Chebucto Community Health Network in the Central Zone
• 1 in the Colchester / East Hants Community Health Network in the Northern Zone
• 1 in the Pictou Community Health Network in the Northern Zone
• 1 in the Cape Breton Community Health Network in the Eastern Zone
• 2 in the Inverness, Victoria & Richmond Community Health Network in the Eastern Zone
Nova Scotia Health labs conducted 1,588 tests yesterday.
As of end of day yesterday, a total of 14,589 doses of vaccine have been administered, and of those, 2,714 were second doses.
Here are the new daily cases and seven-day rolling average since the start of the second wave (Oct. 1):
And here is the active caseload for the second wave:
Here is the updated possible exposure map:
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