Map of COVID-19 cases reported in Nova Scotia as of April 27, 2021. Legend here. THE COAST 96 new cases and Nova Scotia gets locked down April 27 The province’s COVID-19 third wave goes from bad to worse on Tuesday. Yesterday the province set a new record for daily infections with 66, closed public schools in Halifax and put new limits on retail and restaurants in the rest of Nova Scotia. Yesterday was just a warm-up act. Today the province is reporting 96 new cases. That's the most in Nova Scotia in one day by a large margin, and the second-highest daily count any province in Atlantic Canada has witnessed during the pandemic (after Newfoundland and Labrador's 100 cases last February 11).