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Six new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Saturday). Four of those cases are in Nova Scotia Heaths Central Zone. The other two are in the Eastern Zone. All six are still under investigation.
There are now 95 known active cases in the province. No one is currently in hospital with the disease.
Nova Scotia Health labs conducted 1,410 tests yesterday. An additional 276 tests were conducted at the pop-up rapid testing site in Halifax; no positives were found at the pop-up site.
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:
I’ve updated the possible exposure map to remove a handful of locations for which the advisories have expired, and to add four sites that were added last night; if more sites are announced later this evening, I’ll add those as well:
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