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Map of COVID-19 cases reported in Nova Scotia as of April 24, 2021. Legend here. THE COAST 52 new cases and 201 active cases Saturday, April 24  Two days into the HRM lockdown, Nova Scotias COVID-19 numbers are still rising. On the second day of the Halifax lockdown cases keep climbing, as the province is reporting 52 new COVID-19 infections today. Thats the second-highest daily total of Nova Scotias pandemic—the highest being 55 cases on April 23, 2020 in the heart of the first wave. Just ...

Map of COVID-19 cases reported in Nova Scotia as of April 23, 2021. Legend here. THE COAST 44 new cases as the Halifax lockdown starts April 23  School cases, more variants and a nursing home infection give Friday the air of disaster. The last time the province implemented a "circuit breaker" lockdown was in February. Over a few days case numbers crept upward and then spiked—all the way up to 10 new cases in a single day! Newly elected premier Iain Rankin and chief medical officer of heal...

Map of COVID-19 cases reported in Nova Scotia as of April 21, 2021. Legend here. THE COAST 25 new cases on April 21, the most in nearly 5 months  At 79 active cases Wednesday, Nova Scotias COVID-19 numbers continue to surge. Nova Scotia has 25 new cases of COVID-19 today. This is not just the highest single-day total of the year—and a substantial jump from the previous high of 15 new infections reported Monday—but the most in a day since the 37 cases reported November 24. And that Novem...

Map of COVID-19 cases reported in Nova Scotia as of April 19, 2021. Legend here. THE COAST 15 cases scattered over half the province April 19  Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 numbers are higher on Monday than theyve been in months. The same day Nova Scotia announced the good news of expanded vaccine eligibly, it also announced case numbers that suggest a viral surge. The race is truly on to find out if we can spread vaccine protection faster than the virus can spread itself. There are 15 new C...

Map of COVID-19 cases reported in Nova Scotia as of April 17, 2021. Legend here. THE COAST 1 person dead, 6 new cases on Friday, April 16  The latest COVID-19 news and numbers reported by Nova Scotia. Another person has died of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia. In its daily report, the province identifies her as a woman who was over 80, and she died in the Central health authority zone. She is the 67th declared COVID fatality in the province, and the second C19 death in 2021 (the first was announ...

Strang says: “We know the COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing serious illness and death from COVID-19 and thankfully almost all of the residents at Glasgow Hall have been fully vaccinated. Based on recent experience in Canada, I anticipate that the vaccine will prevent widespread transmission in this facility and that anyone who does contract the virus will only have mild symptoms.” The infected long-term care worker is only one of the eight new C19 cases Nova Scotia is ...

Map of COVID-19 cases reported in Nova Scotia as of April 15, 2021. Legend here. THE COAST 3 cases on a technicality for Thursday, April 15  Nova Scotia’s latest COVID-19 numbers. At last you can read "What happened at Northwood?" the investigative feature by Stephanie Nolen that has occupied so much of my attention this week. It is a powerful, illuminating story about last years deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the long-term care home, and I am honoured that The Coast is able to bring it t...

Map of COVID-19 cases reported in Nova Scotia as of April 18, 2021. Legend here. THE COAST 7 cases, the Brazilian variant arrives and a second nursing home case April 18  Plus some late-breaking school cases on a sucky COVID-19 Sunday. A deranged gunman started a murderous rampage in Portapique, Nova Scotia, on the night of April 18, 2020. That rampage ended with the gunman killed before noon on April 19, by the same RCMP he disguised himself as, after he murdered 22 people. Today marks the...

Map of COVID-19 cases reported in Nova Scotia as of April 14, 2021. Legend here. THE COAST 2 cases and a major leap in vaccine delivery April 14  But Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 numbers also identify 18 more cases of the B117 variant. As we continue to request your patience for minimal case reports this week, lets get to the days numbers. The province is reporting two new COVID-19 cases today: "One case is in Central Zone and is related to travel outside Canada. The other case is in Eastern ...

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 Scotias 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 were 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...