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For the second day in a row, just two new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Sunday, Dec. 20).

One case is in Nova Scotia Health’s Northern Zone and is related to travel outside Atlantic Canada. The other case is in the Central Zone and is still under investigation.

There are now 41 known active cases in the province. No one is currently in hospital with the disease.

Nova Scotia Health labs conducted 1,409 tests yesterday.

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 possible exposure map:

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