Today, April 16, Nova Scotia is reporting a death related to COVID-19. A woman over 80 has died in Central Zone.
There have now been 67 COVID-related deaths in Nova Scotia.
Six new cases of COVID-19 are being reported today.
Three cases are in Central Zone. One is a close contact of a previously reported case and the other two are related to travel outside Atlantic Canada.
Two cases are in Eastern Zone and one case is in Western Zone, all related to travel outside Atlantic Canada.
In all cases, the people are self-isolating, as required.
Unrelated to the cases announced today, an additional UK variant case has been identified. This case was previously reported and is included in the provincial data, though the person is not in Nova Scotia and has no known close contacts in the province.
This brings the total number of cases of the UK variant in Nova Scotia to 45. The number of South African variant cases remains at 10.
As of today, Nova Scotia has 42 active cases of COVID-19.
Nova Scotia Health Authority’s labs completed 2,032 Nova Scotia tests on April 15.
There were 248 tests administered between April 10 and 11 at the rapid-testing pop-up sites in Dartmouth and Halifax.
As of April 15, 194,792 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered. Of those, 32,255 Nova Scotians have received their second dose.
Since Oct. 1, Nova Scotia has completed 338,855 tests. There have been 703 positive COVID-19 cases and two deaths. Three people are in hospital. Cases range in age from under 10 to over 90. There are 659 resolved cases. Cumulative cases may change as data is updated in Panorama.
Nova Scotians are strongly encouraged to seek asymptomatic COVID-19 testing, particularly if they have a large number of close contacts due to their work or social activities. Appointments can be booked at https://covid-self-assessment.novascotia.ca/, by choosing the asymptomatic option. Rapid testing pop-up sites continue to be set up around the province as well. More information on testing can be found at https://www.nshealth.ca/coronavirustesting .
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, April 18, and extend to noon, Sunday, May 2, unless government terminates or extends it.
Source: Release #notw
