Zero new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Monday, March 15).
There are 17 known active cases in the province. One person is in hospital with the disease, and that person is in ICU.
The active cases are distributed as follows:
• 3 in the Halifax Peninsula / Chebucto Community Health Network in the Central Zone
• 1 in the Dartmouth/ Southeastern Community Health Network in the Central Zone
• 6 in the Bedford/Sackville Community Health Network in the Central Zone
• 1 in the Cumberland Community Health Network in the Northern Zone
• 6 in the Annapolis and Kings Community Health Network in the Western Zone
Nova Scotia Health labs completed 1,667 tests yesterday.
Pop-up testing has been scheduled for the following locations:
Friday: Dalhousie University Goldberg Building, noon-7:30pm
Saturday: Dalhousie University Goldberg Building, 11am-6pm
You can also get tested at the Nova Scotia Health labs by going here.
As of end of day yesterday, 48,077 doses of vaccine have been administered — 31,964 first doses and 16,113 second doses.
Here are the new daily cases and seven-day rolling average (today at 1.6) since the start of the second wave (Oct. 1):
And here is the active caseload for the second wave:
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