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 Scotia's 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. That's the second-highest daily total of Nova Scotia's pandemic—the highest being 55 cases on April 23, 2020 in the heart of the first wave. Just one patient has recovered since yesterday's report, so Nova Scotia's current caseload is up to 201 active cases. That's the most in a long time, but still less than half the highest-ever caseload of 466 active cases, marking the April 19, 2020 first-wave peak.