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Six new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Tuesday).

All six cases are close contacts with previously announced cases. Three are in Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone, two are in the Northern Zone, and one is the Western Zone.

There are still 57 known active cases in the province. No one is currently in hospital with the disease.

Nova Scotia Health labs conducted 1,612 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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