Map of COVID-19 cases reported in Nova Scotia as of April 12, 2021. Legend here. THE COAST
7 new cases for a record 46 active cases Monday, April 12
Nova Scotia's active COVID-19 caseload reaches a new high for the year.
We need to keep this report short and number-focused today—and for the rest of the week—because we're working on a huge story about Northwood long-term care facility that comes out Thursday, and it needs all of our attention.
If The Coast had a huge staff of reporters and editors like, for example, England's influential Guardian, we might have enough hands to share the work so epic investigations don't disrupt the regular day-to-day operations. But we don't have that staff. We have one editor (that's me) and a few reporters and a small stable of freelancers. So when we produce a piece of journalism for Halifax that wouldn't be out of place in