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Four new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Saturday). All are in Nova Scotia Heaths Central Zone. Three are under investigation, and one is related to travel outside Atlantic Canada.
There are now 88 known active cases in the province. No one is currently in hospital with the disease.
Nova Scotia Health labs conducted 1,171 tests yesterday. An additional 394 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:
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