HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia is reporting 96 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, the highest number of new cases in a day since the pandemic began, as the active number of cases in the province increases to 419. According to a tweet from Nova Scotia Health & Wellness, 90 of the new cases are in the province's Central zone. One of the cases in Central Zone is a staff member at Clarmar Residential Care Facility, a residential care home in Dartmouth. All residents have been fully vaccinated with two doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Three of Tuesday's new cases are in the Eastern zone, including one case identified Monday, at Sydney Academy in Sydney.