Today, November 26, Nova Scotia is reporting 28 new cases of COVID-19 and 25 recoveries.

There are 16 cases in Northern Zone and 12 cases in Central Zone. There is also evidence of limited community spread in Halifax and northern Nova Scotia.

There are no new cases at the East Cumberland Lodge long-term care home in Pugwash. A total of 32 residents and 11 staff members at the home have tested positive, and three of the infected residents have died. Public and occupational health are working with the facility to prevent further spread. Increased public health measures and restrictions are in place.

On November 25, four schools were notified of an exposure(s) at their school. As always, all staff, parents and guardians are notified of exposures if a positive case (student, teacher or staff) was at the school while infectious. A list of schools with exposures is available online: https://backtoschool.ednet.ns.ca/school-exposures

There have been 87 cases of COVID-19 with an episode date between November 19 and November 25. Of those:

— 33 (37.9 per cent) were fully vaccinated
— 1 (1.1 per cent) were partially vaccinated
— 53 (60.9 per cent) were unvaccinated

There have been 6,462 cases from March 15 to November 25. Of those:

— 655 (10.1 per cent) were fully vaccinated
— 395 (6.1 per cent) were partially vaccinated
— 5,412 (83.8 per cent) were unvaccinated

There were 334 people hospitalized. Of those:

— 20 (6.0 per cent) were fully vaccinated
— 32 (9.6 per cent) were partially vaccinated
— 282 (84.4 per cent) were unvaccinated

Forty-two people died. Of those:

— 10 (23.8 per cent) were fully vaccinated
— 3 (7.1 per cent) were partially vaccinated
— 29 (69.1 per cent) were unvaccinated

As of today, Nova Scotia has 172 active cases of COVID-19. Of those, 14 people are in hospital, including five in ICU.

There were 36,858 rapid tests administered between November 19 and 25. This includes 1,598 rapid tests at the pop-up sites in Halifax, Dartmouth and Annapolis Royal and 35,260 through the workplace screening program. Another 14,622 home rapid tests were distributed at the pop-up sites.

On November 25, Nova Scotia Health Authority’s labs completed 3,315 tests.

As of November 25, 1,628,737 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered. Of those, 788,942 Nova Scotians have received their second dose, and 16,690 eligible Nova Scotians have received a third dose.

Since August 1, there have been 2,273 positive COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths. Cases range in age from under 10 to over 90. There are 2,087 resolved cases. Cumulative cases may change as data is updated in Panorama.

The Province is renewing the state of emergency to protect the health and safety of Nova Scotians and ensure safety measures and other important actions can continue. The order will take effect at noon, Sunday, November 28, and extend to noon, Sunday, December 12, unless the government terminates or extends it.

Source: Release